Lot number 693 - Auction 156
GROSSFORMATIGE UND SELTENE IKONE MIT DER KREUZIGUNG CHRISTI, DER HÖLLENFAHRT UND HOCHFESTEN DES ORTHODOXEN KIRCHENJAHRES

A RARE AND LARGE ICON ILLUSTRATING THE CRUCIFIXION SURROUNDED BY THE FOUR EVANGELISTS, IMPORTANT LITURGICAL FEASTS AND SCENES FROM THE PASSION OF CHRIST Russian, circa 1870 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Within gilded border incised with strapwork. All rendered in bright colours and with the drapery heightened with chrysography. 44.4 x 37.3 cm.