Raoul N. Smith, PhD

The purpose of this paper is to describe a new, contemporary icon that has recently been acquired by the Museum of Russian Icons. The Moscow iconographer Alyona Knyazeva, of whose work the Museum of Russian Icons now has eleven examples, has depicted various scenes from biblical and later literature of the exploits of the Archangel Michael. This icon is of the type known as Archangel Michael with Scenes of His Deeds. 

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