Washington · Georgetown · Virginia · Maryland
Hand-painted sacred icons for Washington DC
In the capital of the United States diplomacy, universities and great shrines meet. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the largest Catholic church in North America, is clothed in mosaics; Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral and Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral keep the Eastern tradition.
The icon in Washington
- The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and its chapels dedicated to Marian images from around the world.
- Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral.
- Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral, the primatial see of the Orthodox Church in America.
- The diplomatic and academic community, used to gifts of distinction with real cultural value.
Gift ideas in Washington and nearby
For a diplomat completing a posting, the opening of an institutional office, an ordination or a family in Georgetown, Virginia or Maryland, an icon hand-painted in Italy is a gift of distinction uniting art, faith and Italian culture. For traditional Catholics, Latin inscriptions and subjects dear to Western devotion, such as Our Mother of Perpetual Help, can be chosen.
Deesis triptych
A gift of distinction.
Madonna dei Martiri
Tenderness type, red halo.
Commissioning and shipping to the United States
Consultations take place online, in English or Italian, at a time that suits your time zone. During the work you receive photographs of every stage; the icon arrives with its certificate of authenticity on real parchment and an explanatory booklet in English. Shipments to the United States require customs documentation and, because international rules and conditions change often, arrangements, timing, costs and any import charges are checked at the time of commission.