Archangel Michael Crushing Satan, 18th/19th C. Gilded Russian Icon on Wood Panel shelf with drawer color pristine and unfaded

color pristine and unfaded

Baron Kelvin

Spine measures 6 1/2" x 1 5/8"

with its smooth surface and gracefully curved lip

Archangel Michael Crushing Satan, 18th/19th C. Gilded Russian Icon on Wood Panel shelf with drawer color pristine and unfadedBetween the gold leafed surface, and the bright red horse, and the devil being crushed underfoot with a row of little houses following the line of his leg no way could I resist this icon! It is Archangel Michael of the Apocalypse crowned and clad in gold, gospels in hand who rides the red horse, with a rainbow arching between his raised hands. This depiction of Michael on his winged horse as "heavenly warlord" recurs in Eastern Orthodox icons, with