christ the pantocrator icon 1800s that by gradually advancing virtues

that by gradually advancing virtues he may ascend to the mountain

Sweet nun figurine

Material: Cast metal

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This icon belonged to a Dutch couple

christ the pantocrator icon 1800s that by gradually advancing virtuesThis late 1800s icon of Jesus has a special story connecting to WWII. This icon belonged to a Dutch couple, who had buried all their art and jewelry in a metal box under the ground in 1940 after the Germans started to steal these items in the Netherlands. Only after the war was over in 1945 they dug up the metal box to retrieve all their items. The woman has died a couple of years ago at the age of 102 in Voorburg, The Netherlands. In 1969 a statue of