Lot number 1501 - Auction 138
GESCHENK AN ZAR ALEXANDER III. VON RUSSLAND: BEDEUTENDE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER VON KASAN

A PRESENT TO TSAR ALEXANDER III OF RUSSIA: AN IMPORTANT ICON SHOWING THE KAZANSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD Russian, St. Petersburg, 1882 Oil on wood panel with velvet backing. Finely executed on a gold ground. The haloes and borders ornately incised. Cyrillic dedication inscription with date at the bottom: 'A heartfelt present to His Majesty Tsar Alexander Alexandrovich from the peasants of the Perm Province of the Shidrinsky District of the Peskovsky Volost and the village, 1882'. Minor areas of retouching. 62.3 x 54.5 cm.