Lot number 1568 - Auction 161
GROSSFORMATIGE UND FEINE IKONE MIT DEM ENTSCHLAFEN DER GOTTESMUTTER (KOIMESIS) MIT DER ANKUNFT DER APOSTEL

A LARGE AND FINE ICON SHOWING THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD (KOIMESIS) WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE APOSTLES Russian, Palekh, late 18th century Tempera on wood panel. The background and haloes gilded. The Mother of God lying on a bier surrounded by the Apostles, the story of Jeremiah is represented in the foreground, Christ in Glory holding the soul of His mother in the form of an infant, He is accompanied by angels and a seraphim, a Bishop and female onlookers stand to either side. Finely painted in saturated colours with the haloes and garment pleats in gold. Vertical crack restored. 51.8 x 41.4 cm.