Lot number 1871 - Auction 138
GROSSFORMATIGE IKONE MIT DEM SCHUTZENGEL UND SEINEN TATEN MIT VERMEIL-RIZA

A VERY LARGE ICON SHOWING THE GUARDIAN ANGEL WITH A SILVER-GILT RIZA Russian, St. Petersburg, 1801 (riza) Tempera on wood panel. Executed on a gold ground. Overlaid with a finely chased and repoussé silver-gilt riza. Marked with city hallmark, assayer's mark, 84 standard and master's mark 'L.G.' in Cyrillic. The icon painted in recent decades. 52.5 x 42.6 cm.