Anastasis (Harrowing of Hell)
- Culture
- Russian
- Date
- c.1650–70
- Material
- Gold leaf and tempera on wood panel
- made in
- Moscow, Moskva autonomous city, Russia, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- European Art to 1800
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30.8 x 23.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 2:1933
Provenance
by 1932 - 1933
Dr. Armand Hammer (1898-1990), New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA, USA
1933 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Dr. Armand Hammer [1]
Notes:
This is one of two Russian icons purchased by SLAM; second icon (1:1933) shares the same provenance.
[1] According to the SLAM accession record, SLAM purchased the icon from Dr. Hammer, through Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Dry Goods Co., St. Louis. Dr. Armand Hammer went to the Soviet Union in 1921 and stayed until late 1930. During this extended trip, Dr. Hammer purchased Russian art, which he and his brother Victor later sold through their L’Ermitage Gallery in New York or through department-store sales. In early 1932, the first department-store sale of Russian art launched at Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney in St. Louis, then followed to eight other department stores across the United States. A second sale opened in November of the same year at Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney. It is likely that the acquisition of the icon was a result of this November 1932 sale [Salmond, Wendy. “How America Discovered Russian Icons: The Soviet Loan Exhibition of 1930-32.” In “Alter Icons: The Russian Icon and Modernity.” Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2010, p. 138. and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Scruggs-Vandevoort-Barney advertisement, November 15, 1932, p. 7A].
Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, January 5, 1933.
Dr. Armand Hammer (1898-1990), New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA, USA
1933 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Dr. Armand Hammer [1]
Notes:
This is one of two Russian icons purchased by SLAM; second icon (1:1933) shares the same provenance.
[1] According to the SLAM accession record, SLAM purchased the icon from Dr. Hammer, through Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Dry Goods Co., St. Louis. Dr. Armand Hammer went to the Soviet Union in 1921 and stayed until late 1930. During this extended trip, Dr. Hammer purchased Russian art, which he and his brother Victor later sold through their L’Ermitage Gallery in New York or through department-store sales. In early 1932, the first department-store sale of Russian art launched at Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney in St. Louis, then followed to eight other department stores across the United States. A second sale opened in November of the same year at Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney. It is likely that the acquisition of the icon was a result of this November 1932 sale [Salmond, Wendy. “How America Discovered Russian Icons: The Soviet Loan Exhibition of 1930-32.” In “Alter Icons: The Russian Icon and Modernity.” Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2010, p. 138. and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Scruggs-Vandevoort-Barney advertisement, November 15, 1932, p. 7A].
Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, January 5, 1933.
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