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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 11419026, member: 2844&quot;]She is the Mother of Smolensk, aka Smolenskaya.</p><p><br /></p><p>The crack only goes through the icon itself, not through the inner frame. Yet the inner frame has a perfect size for the extra width of a cracked&nbsp; panel, so the panel was already cracked when it was framed. That is a sign that this was painted fairly recently on old wood.</p><p>So it is a fake, meant to deceive. Unfortunately there are many fake icons out there.</p><p>As for origin, most fakes are made in Russia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most genuine icons for sale, whether antique or new, are made for the home, for instance home altars.</p><p>Orthodox churches have what is called an iconostase, a wall covered with icons, like a paneled wall. Those icons are generally taller than the home use ones and they represent specific groups of (male) saints and angels, in a set pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, another sign, a rough back. Which icon painter would not prepare the wood entirely?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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