A rare Russian icon of Christ Emmanuel, the Unsleeping Eye (Nedremanoe oko), 16th century
in a field of flowering plants an outsized figure of Christ Emmanuel shown reclining at center, flanked by the Mother of God and the Archangel Michael, who holds a cross, a spear, and a sponge-tipped lance, all symbols of Christ's Passion, the Holy Spirit represented as a dove descending from a blue orb
12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in., 31.1 x 24.1 cm
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Saleroom Notice
Windows to Heaven: The Icons of Russia, Santa Barbara, 1982, no. 6, p. 34.
Sacred Images and the Millennium: Christianity and Russia, Eugene, 1988, no. 9, p. 6.