Lot number 2045 - Auction 161
GROSSFORMATIGE PROZESSIONS-IKONE MIT DEM HEILIGEN ALEXANDER NEWSKI UND DER DREIHÄNDIGEN GOTTESMUTTER (TRICHEIROUSA)

A LARGE DOUBLE-SIDED PROCESSIONAL ICON SHOWING ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY AND THE THREE-HANDED MOTHER OF GOD Russian, circa 1870 Oil on wood panel. Finely painted in bright colours. The background and border gilded and incised to resemble a chased gilded silver oklad. Minor losses, minimally restored. 43.7 x 34.7 cm.