Archangel Michael Crushing Satan, 18th/19th C. Gilded Russian Icon on Wood Panel leather pouch broken remnants of artifacts and

broken remnants of artifacts and scraps of ancient textiles often litter the burial grounds today

11 1/4" x 8 3/4" framed

a sweet little thing

but with a heavy lead weight covering almost the entirety of the back

with wear and aging to the surface as evident all to the good I think

Archangel Michael Crushing Satan, 18th/19th C. Gilded Russian Icon on Wood Panel leather pouch broken remnants of artifacts andBetween 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