Lot number 884 - Auction 161
FEINE IKONE MIT DEM ERSCHEINEN DER GOTTESMUTTER VOR DEM HEILIGEN SERGEJ VON RADONESCH

A FINE ICON SHOWING THE APPEARANCE OF THE MOTHER OF GOD TO SAINT SERGIUS OF RADONEZH Russian, 17th/19th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Partially gilded. One batten with a Cyrillic dedicatory inscription: 'A blessing from Grigory Grigoryevich to his godson Sergei (patronymic and surname illegible)'. Set into a later panel (vrezka), minor retouching. 31 x 26.1 cm.