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Background
Our family has been collecting and studying Russian icons for more than thirty years. Russian
Icon Gallery has a well-formulated concept of operation and acts as
a permanent exhibition - sale. Russian Icon Gallery is a family run business, located in Tallinn, Estonia. The gallery has two principal divisions
- traditional, - "brick-and-mortar", and an Internet store - this website. All icons are for sale unless marked as sold. Photos of sold icons remain on our website as a long-term exhibit online.
The Collection
The collections in our gallery contain several hundreds of icons, dating from the 16th to the 20th century. In addition to the icons we have a large collection
of copper and bronze cast icons and crosses, dating from the 12th to the 20th century. Our collections represent a variety of schools and styles of icon painting from the Imperial Russia.
At our gallery, You can examine and purchase icons of nearly any style: from
rural, to strict "Northern", and so-called "school"
style, characterized by a very high professional level of painting,
with the use of complex techniques and advanced methods of painting.
Our gallery also contains icons hand-signed by the painter, which are quite rare.
The collection embodies all the variety of Russian iconography, including icons of many styles - from traditional
folk icons to masterpieces of art.
Services
In addition to our primary area of operations, we we also provide the following services:
1. Consultation for both the novice and experienced collectors..
2. Sets with additional in-depth information about the icons
3. Exhibits
4. All
spectrum of "Connoisseur-ship" services in the field of
Icons, such as systematization, expertise, attribution, etc.
5. Consultation regarding the investment potential of antique icons
6. For
receiving more information concerning the above-mentioned
services, please contact us.
The list of our customers include collectors and lovers of ancient Russian art from all over the world; museums, churches and galleries.
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