Lot number 2520 - Auction 151
FEINE IKONE MIT DEN HEILIGEN KLOSTERGRÜNDERN ZOSIMA UND SAWATIJ

AN ICON SHOWING THE MONASTIC SAINTS ZOSIMA AND SAVATII, FOUNDERS OF THE SOLOVETSKI MONASTERY Russian, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel. The two elderly saints wearing monkish attire, notably the Great Schema, holding a model of the walled monastery they founded. The Mother of God of the Sign depicted above in clouds. The faces rendered in great detail. The background gilded. Minor paint blisterings, minor losses. 35.7 x 29.5 cm.