Russian icon "Christ Pantokrator" 50x40 antique hand painted

Russian icon "Christ Pantokrator" 50x40 antique hand painted.Original ancient Russian orthodox icon made on a 19th century board treated with levkas and hand painted with egg tempera in the 20th century.This is one of the most widespread and well-known Christological icons, that of the ''Christ Pantocrator'', He who idealizes the greatest glory and power of Christ. Jesus is depicted in a blessing position with a full frontal figure, with an intensely expressive face. With his left hand, he holds the open Gospel facing the faithful and with his right, according to the Orthodox-Byzantine rite, he blesses, keeping the palm of the hand open and the thumb and ring finger joined. In the halo the typical Greek letters indicating ''He who is''. On the pages of the Gospel the written evangelical rituals always appear which, although repetitive, vary from Image to Image and often carry the writing of the text of Matthew `` I give you a new Commandment: that you love one another as I have beloved You - come to me all of you who are afflicted - put my yoke on you - I am the Light of the world - never judge because you will be judged ''. In this type of Jesus Icon it is above all in the face that the iconographer tries to express the ineffable reality of God made Man: in all the paintings, and through the centuries, in the face of Christ Pantocrator there is a fundamental similarity, namely the hair, divided in the middle, falls on the nape of the neck, the spacious forehead has well marked brow arches, the large, deep and pensive eyes are divided by the rather elongated nasal septum, the lips appear red and narrow in a wise silence, the ears small, almost a little deformed, with a listening attitude.The Christ Pantocrator icon, from Moscow, has a real size of 50x41 cm and is equipped with a ring on the back for hanging.It is accompanied by expertise drawn up by a specialist enrolled in the register of experts.