Lot number 2125 - Auction 156
GROSSE DATIERTE UND FEINE IKONE MIT DEM HEILIGEN GREGOR DEM THEOLOGEN

A LARGE DATED ICON SHOWING ST. GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN Russian, dated 1914 Oil on wood panel. Executed delicately with ample gold against a punched background, the foliate border emulating contemporary enamelled decoration. Cyrillic dedication inscription to the lower border: 'To His Most Reverend Priest Father Grigory Alekseevich Vladykin, on the occasion of his 50th jubilee, from friends and admirers, January 1914'. Vertical crack, minor losses. 35.3 x 31 cm.