Pendant Icon of Our Lady of Kazan
maker House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
1915
- Medium
- silver, enamel, glass
- Classification
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in.)
- Culture
- Russia
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
One of the most revered icons in the Russian Orthodox church, Our Lady of Kazan represents the Virgin Mary as the patroness of the city of Kazan and the Holy Protectress of Russia. Fabergé embellished this icon with cloisonné (partitioned) enamel in a striking palette, as well as beaded ornaments and spiral motifs in the pan-Slavic/Neo-Russian style.
