Lot number 2145 - Auction 147
GROSSFORMATIGE UND FEINE IKONE MIT DEM ERZENGEL MICHAEL, AUSGEWÄHLTEN HEILIGEN, DER GOTTESMUTTER VON TICHWIN UND DER HÖLLENFAHRT

A LARGE AND FINE ICON SHOWING THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL FLANKED BY SELECTED SAINTS, THE TIKHVINSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD AND THE DESCENT INTO HELL Russian, 19th century Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed in great detail on gold ground. The faces depicted with delicacy, the vestments emphasized with dense chrysography and the pearl-and-garnet decorated golden hems. Minor areas of retouching. 53.3 x 39.9 cm.