Lot number 2190 - Auction 161
GROSSE UND FEINE VIERFELDER-IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER 'FREUDE ALLER LEIDENDEN', DER GEBURT DER GOTTESMUTTER, DER GOTTESMUTTER 'AUFFINDEN DER VERLORENEN' UND HEILIGEN

A LARGE AND FINE FOUR-PART ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD 'JOY TO ALL WHO SUFFER', THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, THE MOTHER OF GOD 'SEEKING OF THE LOST' AND SAINTS Russian, late 18th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Gold ground. Very finely painted, with the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus depicted in the lower central field, flanked by the Guardian Angel and selected patron saints. Losses along the border, minor retouching. 44.3 x 34.8 cm.