Orthodox Icon Foil Art

This page collects our discontinued Orthodox icon style foil pictures — metallic foil prints in the Byzantine and Russian icon tradition, including Theotokos (Mother of God) images, Christ Pantocrator portraits and icon style panel paintings. The original prints are long out of production, so the pieces listed here are the last copies available anywhere.

Icons are venerated for their theological weight rather than decoration, but the foil printing process suits them remarkably well. The gilded foil background echoes the gold leaf of hand painted icons, and the embossed highlights give the halos and vestments a depth that flat lithographs cannot match. Collectors use these prints in home icon corners, and Orthodox families often give them as gifts for name days, house blessings and Pascha.

Every foil picture below shows its size and item number on the artwork page. If you are searching for a specific feast day image — such as a Nativity icon or a Dormition style composition — email us and we will check our storeroom, which holds thousands of further out-of-print designs.