Monaco · Nizza · Cannes · Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Sacred icons hand-painted in Italy for Monaco and the French Riviera
Since the Belle Époque the French Riviera has welcomed Russian, Greek and international families: Nice and Cannes have Orthodox churches built for the nobility who wintered there. A few kilometres from Italy, a fine-art icon made in Italy finds villas and collections worthy of it here.
The Christian East on the Riviera
- The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Nice, consecrated in 1912, one of the largest Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe.
- The Russian church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Cannes, built at the end of the 19th century.
- Monaco's Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, which keeps the Saint Nicholas altarpiece painted in 1500 by Louis Bréa of Nice.
For villas, yachts and collections on the Riviera
An icon of Saint Nicholas, protector of sailors, for a shipowner or a yacht; the Mother of God for a villa at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat; a wedding icon for a Riviera wedding: exceptional, unique gifts to hand down.
Living room
Icon as the focal point of the room.
Virgin of Tenderness
Round panel, decorated gold ground.
Commissioning and shipping
Consultations take place online, in English or Italian. During the work you receive photographs of every stage; the icon arrives with protective packaging and, on request, insured shipping, together with its certificate of authenticity on real parchment and its explanatory booklet. Shipping conditions and any customs formalities are checked case by case at the time of commission.