Research Catalog

Title

Collecting old icons : Russian and Greek icons, 15th-19th century : catalogue 2011/ Jan Morsink Ikonen ; [editor], Simon Morsink.

Author

Jan Morsink Ikonen (Firm)

Publication

Ghent : Snoeck, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Morsink, Simon G.

Description

109 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 29 cm.

Summary

"Collecting icons is a passion. During the twentieth century several important collections of antique icons were established in Europe and the United States. The path taken by these icons has become part of their history. This ... illustrated book guides you through the fascinating world of Russian and Greek icons. Their colours, symbolism, charm and universal eloquence will leave virtually no-one unmoved. "Collecting old icons" discusses more than fifty exceptional Russian and Greek icons. Essays by international specialists reveal the history of collecting, the pioneering role played by several major collectors and the origins of the most important museum collections of icons in Western Europe"--P. [4] of cover.

Alternative Title

Russian and Greek icons, 15th-19th century

Subject

• Icons, Russian > Catalogs
• Icons, Greek > Catalogs
• Icons > Collectors and collecting

Genre/Form

Catalogs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Simon Morsink and Hugo Morsink -- The icon collectors Dr Heinrich Wendt and Professor Dr Martin Winkler and the foundation of the Ikonen Museum Recklinghausen / Eva Haustein-Bartsch -- Russian icons and American money : 1928-1938 / Wendy Salmond -- Catalogue 2011 / Simon Morsink -- Russian icons -- Signed icons and icons with imperial provenance -- Veneto-Cretan and Greek icons.

ISBN

• 9789461610133
• 9461610130

OCLC

• 706651546
• SCSB-10389362

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library