Lot number 2207 - Auction 161
GROSSFORMATIGE VIERFELDER-IKONE MIT GNADENBILDERN DER GOTTESMUTTER, DER ENTHAUPTUNG JOHANNES DES VORLÄUFERS UND EINEM KRIEGERHEILIGEN

A LARGE FOUR-PART ICON SHOWING IMAGES OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, THE BEHEADING OF SAINT JOHN THE FORERUNNER AND A WARRIOR SAINT Russian, Vetka, second half 19th century Tempera on wood panel. The haloes gilded and ornamentally engraved. Four selected saints on the borders, including the Guardian Angel. A vertical crack and the border damaged and restored, the reverse with old woodworm infestation. 53.2 x 44.4 cm.