Lot number 780 - Auction 138
GROSSFORMATIGE ERWEITERTE FESTTAGSIKONE IN MINIATURMALEREI

A VERY LARGE AND FINE ICON OF THE RESURRECTION AND DESCENT WITH THE PASSION AND SIXTEEN MAJOR FEASTS Russian, Palekh, early 19th century Tempera on wood panel. The narrative episodes represented against architectural settings, the individual saints portrayed on gold ground, their miniature figures rendered meticulously, against a gold background. Vertical crack restored. 52.5 x 44 cm.