Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added Pascin painted his surroundings and

Pascin painted his surroundings and friends

he was apprenticed in Rome to Niccolò Pomarancio and adopted Pomaranancio's post Michelangelo Mannerist style

Raymond Desvarreux was the son of the American painter James Desvarreux-Larpenteur

A very handsome majolica jug

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added Pascin painted his surroundings andAn antique 19th Century Russian Orthodox hand painted egg tempera & gilded icon of Saint Pelagia and Saint James, circa 1860. This very fine antique Russian icon is painted in the academic style rather than the more stylized Byzantine style. Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration. The quality of the painting and gilding