Jan Morsink Ikonen - Books Literature

Our Collection

Russian Icons

Our collection of Russian icons, for sale, comprises icons from the 16th to the 19th century. Many schools of icon painting are re-
presented, such as the Moscow, Stroganov and Palekh schools.

Greek Icons

Our collection of Greek icons, for sale, comprises Cretan and Veneto-Cretan icons, plus icons from the Greek islands, Northern Greece and the Balkans, dating from the 16th to the 19th century.

We are constantly seeking to acquire Russian, Greek and Veneto-Cretan icons for our collection. Please contact us for a free valuation at ikonen@morsink.com.

Books

Recommended Literature

U. Abel and V. Moore, Icons , Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2002.
M. Acheimastou-Potamianou a.o., (ed.) Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art , exhib. cat. Byzantine Museum , Athens 1986.
M. Acheimastou-Potamianou (ed.), From Byzantium to El Greco. Greek Frescoes and Icons , exhib. cat. Royal Academy of Arts , London 1987.
V.I. Antonova, Drevnerusskoe Iskusstvo v Sobranii Pavla Korina, Moscow 1967 .
V.I. Antonova and N.E. Mneva, Gosudarstvennaja Tret'jakovskaja galereja. Katalog drevnerusskoj z ivopisi XI-XVIII vv , Moscow 1963.
G.C. Azzaro a.o. (ed.), Sophia - la sapienza di Dio , Milan 1999.
Chr. Baltoyanni , Conversation with God, icons from the Museum of Athens (9th - 15th century) , exhib. cat., Athens 1998.
Chr. Baltoyanni, Icons, Mother of God , Athens 1994.
G. Babic , Ikonen, Alphen aan den Rijn 1997.
I. Bentchev , Griechische und Bulgarische Malerbücher - Technologie (Beitrage zur Kunst des Christlichen Ostens. Band 11), Museen der Stadt Recklinghausen 2004.
I. Bentchev , Engelikonen im Ikonenmuseum Recklinghausen, exhib. cat. Recklinghausen 2002.
I. Bentchev and E. Haustein-Bartsch (ed.), Ikonen, Restaurierung und Naturwissenschaftliche Erforschung, Beiträge des Internationalen Kolloquiums in Recklinghausen 1994 , Editio Maris, Münich 1997.
I. Bentchev and E. Haustein-Bartsch , Muttergottesikonen, exhib. cat. Recklinghausen 2000.
B. Bornheim , Ikonen - Russische Feinmalerie zwischen Orient und Okzident, Augsburg 1998.
K. Braamhorst , Ikonen lexicon, Warnsveld 2004.
V.G. Brjusova , Russkaja z ivopis' 17 veka , Moscow 1984.
V. Bulkin , Dionysius (Masters of World Painting), Leningrad 1982.
N. Cawthorne , De kunst van ikonen , Alphen aan den Rijn 2000.
N. Chatzidakis, The Velimezis Collection , exhib. cat. Benaki Museum, Athens 1998.
B. Davezac (ed.), Four Icons in the Menil Collection , The Menil Collection Monographs, The Menil Foundation, Houston 1992.
A. Drandaki , Greek Icons, 14th-18th century, The Rena Andreadis Collection, Milan 2002 .
E. van Dijk, H. Defoer (ed.), Ikonen uit Noord-Rusland / uit Nederlands Bezit , exhib. cat., Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht, Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle 1992.
H. Egger and R. Wenckheim, Ikonen, Bilder in Gold, Sakrale Kunst aus Griechenland , exhib. cat. Kunsthalle Krems, Graz 1993.
H.C. Evans and W.D. Wixom, (ed.), The Glory of Byzantium , exhib. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York 1997.
H.C. Evans (ed.), Byzantium , Faith and Power , exhib. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York 2004.
W. Felicetti-Liebenfels , Geschichte der russischen Ikonenmalerei, Graz 1972 .
K.C. Felmy , Das Buch der Christus-Ikonen, Freiburg 2004.
K. C. Felmy and E. Haustein-Bartsch , 'Die Weisheit baute ihr Haus? - Untersuchungen zu Hymnischen und Didaktischen Ikonen, Munich 1999.
G. Finaldi a.o. The Image of Christ, exhib. cat. 'Seeing Salvation', National Gallery, London 2000.
J. Fleischer, Ø. Hjort and M. Rasmussen (ed.), Byzantium , Late Antique and Byzantine Art in Scandinavian Collections , , exhib. cat. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1996.
I. Grabar , A Catalogue of Russian Icons Received from the American Russian Institute for Exhibition , exhib. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York 1931.
R. Grierson (ed.), Gates of mystery, the art of holy Russia , exhib. cat. Victoria and Albert Museum , London 1994.
E. Haustein-Bartsch (ed.), Russische Ikonen, Neue Forschungen , Verlag Aurel Bongers, Recklinghausen 1991.
P. Hetherington , The 'Painter's Manual' of Dionysios of Fourna , translated in English by The Saggitaius Press, London 1974.
I.Ja. Kachalova a.o. (ed.), The Annuniciation cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin , Moscow 1990.
A. Karakatsanis (ed.), Treasures of Mount Athos , exhib. cat. Thessaloniki 1997.
H. Kjellin , Ryska Ikoner i Svensk och Norsk Ägo , Ab Svensk Litteratur, Stockholm 1956.
A. Kominis (ed.), Patmos , Treasures of the Monastery, Athens 1988 .
A.S. Koscova , Dreverusskaja z ivopis v sobranii Ermita z a , St. Petersburg 1992.
D. Krikhaar , Beelden van het Licht - Ikonen , Kampen 2006.
V.N. Lazarev , Moscow school of icon-painting , Moscow 1980.
J. Lowden , Early Christian and Byzantine Art , London 2003.
A. Lymberopoulou, 'The Madre della Consolazione icon in the Britisch Museum: Post-Byzantine Painting, Painters and Society on Crete' , Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 53 (2003), pp. 239-255.
A. Lymberopoulou, 'A Winged Saint John the Baptist icon in the British Museum' , Apollo, vol. CLVIII, nr. 500, November 2003, pp. 19-24.
S.I. Maslenitsyn, Yaroslavian icon-painting , Moscow 1983.
Th. Meyer,1000 Jahre Christliches Russland - Zur Geschichte der Russisch Orthodoxe Kirche, Recklinghausen 1988 .
S. Morsink,(ed.), Uit het hart van Rusland - ikonen en miniaturen , exhib. cat. Catharijneconvent Utrecht, Zwolle 1999.
S. Morsink, (ed.), Het goddelijke nabij. Oude ikonen uit particulier bezit , exhib. cat. Bijbels Museum Amsterdam, Zwolle 2000.
S. Morsink, The Power of Icons, Gent 2006 .
K. Onasch and A. Schnieper, Iconen, Fascinatie en Werkelijkheid, Kampen 1995.
L. Ouspensky and V. Lossky, The Meaning of Icons , Crestwood - New York , 1982.
E. Petrova and I. Solovjava, Nowgorod, Das Goldene Zeitalter der Ikonen, exhib. cat . Bucerius Kunst Forum Hamburg, Munich 2005.
Y. Petsopoulos(ed.) , East Christian Art , exhib. cat. London 1987.
Y. Pianitsky a.o. (ed.), Sinai, Byzantium and Russia , exhib. cat. Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London 2000.
O. Popova, E. Smirnova and P. Cortesi, Ikonen , Baarn 1998.
I. Rodnikova, Pskov icons, 13th -16th century , Leningrad 1991.
H.J. Roozemond-van Ginhoven (ed.), Ikon, Geloof in Kunst. Ikonen uit de Wijenburgh , Echteld 1980.
A. Rybakov, Vologodskaja ikona , Moscow 1995.
W. Salmond , Russian Icons at Hillwood , Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington D.C. 1998.
C. Schneider, Ikonostase , Recklinghausen 1993.
H. Skrobucha, Die Ikonenmalerei - Technik und Vorzeichnungen , Verlag Aurel Bongers Recklinghausen 1978.
H. Skrobucha, Ikonen , Dortmund 1989.
E. S. Smirnova, V.K. Laurina and A. Gordienko, Zivopis' velikovo Novgoroda. XV , Moscow 1982.
E.S. Smirnova, Moscow Icons, 14th-17th century , Leningrad 1989.
J. Stuart, Ikons , Faber and Faber, London 1975.
N.N. Sumskich (ed.), Iskusstvo Stroganovskich masterov , Museum Leningrad 1987.
D. Talbot Rice, Art of the Byzantine Era , London 1989.
R. Temple, Icons Divine Beauty , London 2004.
H.G. Thümmel, Die Frühgeschichte der ostkirchlichen Bilderlehre. Texte und Untersuchungen zur Zeit vor dem Bilderstreit , Berlin 1992.
F. Toth, Russische Iconen , Amersfoort 2005.
F. Ulrich (ed .) 1000 Jahre Orthodoxe Kirche in de Rus' 998-1998 - Russische Heiligen in Ikonen, Recklinghausen 1988.
M. Vassilaki (ed.), Mother of God, representations of the Virgin in Byzantine Art , exhib. cat. Benaki Museum, Milan 2000.
B. Velthuis, R. Roozemond and V. Gerritsen-Sawik, Ikon - Maria. De Moeder Gods - Haar leven en wonderen op ikonen, exhib. cat. De Wijenburgh, Echteld 1979.
B. Velthuis, De zoon - Christus op ikonen , exhib. cat. De Wijenburgh, Echteld 1980.
E. Voordeckers, (ed.), Ikonen in Belgisch particulier bezit, exhib. cat. Gent 1978.
B.M. Wolter (ed.), Zwischen Himmel und Erde, Moskauer Ikonen und Buchmalerei des 14. bis 16. Jahrhunderts , exhib. cat. Kunsthalle Frankfurt 1997.
I. Zoetmulder, Ikonen, een Inleiding , Delft 2000.

Catalogues of Private Collections

Katalog Christijanskich Drevnostej Sobrannych Moskovskim Kupcom Nikolaem Michajlovi?em Postnikovym, Moscow 1888.
Collection of Mr Otto O'Méara and Ms Née Moselli, Galerie Georges Giroux Brussels , October 15, 16 & 17, 1928.
P. Muratoff, Trente-Cinq Primitifs Russes, Collection Jacques Zolotnitzky, A La Vieille Russie, Paris 1931.
Catalogue of the Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to the University of Wisconsin, The Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York 1938.
W.P. Riabuschinsky, Russische Ikonen aus der Ikonen-Sammlung Zeiner-Hendriksen ( Norway ), Verlag F. Bruckmann Münich, (without exact date).
Les Icones dans les Collections Suisses , M. Lazovic (ed.), exhib. cat. Musée Rath Geneva 1968.
The Herbette Collection of Russian Icons, Christie's Geneva , May 1973.
The George R. Hann Collection, Part One , Christie's New York , April 17 & 18, 1980.
Icones d'une Collection Privée , M. Lazovic (ed.), Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Geneva 1974 (Collection Victor Provatoroff).
I Po Plodam Iznaetsja Drevo, Russkaja Ikonopis' XV - XX Vekov iz Sobranija Viktora Bondarenko, A.V. Ryndina and G.V. Sidorenko (ed.), 'Voennyj Parad', Moscow 2000.