Lot number 2122 - Auction 147
DATIERTE IKONE MIT DEM HEILIGEN JOHANNES DEM VORLÄUFER, ALEXANDER NEWSKI, NIKOLAUS VON MYRA, OLGA UND TAISIA

A DATED ICON SHOWING ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER FLANKED BY STS. NICHOLAS OF MYRA, ALEXANDER NEVSKY, OLGA AND TAISIA Russian, Nizhny Novgorod, dated 1896 Tempera on wood panel. On a gilt and polychrome ground carved in imitation of an enamelled oklad. A frontal applied plaque bears a Cyrillic dedicatory inscription: "This icon was 'built' (painted) in October 1896, the year of the [All-Russian Industrial and Art] Exhibition, and was funded by the fire chief of Nizhny Novgorod, A.F. Krasavin." Minor areas of retouching. 44.3 x 37.3 cm.