Religious Art Auction, including a significant collection of Greek and Russian Icons #494/2023

Emerging at the beginning of Christianity and centuries of persecution, the icon represents a part of tradition. In the Byzantine icons, the proportions, the actual forms of the body are modified, in order to express the spiritual qualities and states in a more forceful manner. The sacred object conveys both a message of faith and an incentive towards analysis and understanding. Just as the Orthodox call for tolerance has become a principle of civil society, the specialist’s observation and the collector’s concern have highlighted and preserved these pieces of universal value. Faith is complemented by beauty, rarity and the feeling that authenticity overcomes time. Acting as vessels of grace, icons or sacred art pieces are collectable gifts for the holidays of the month and remind us of the perpetual search and embodiment of the divine.