Lot number 1588 - Auction 147
MONUMENTALE IKONE MIT DEM PROPHETEN ELIAS, SEINEM LEBEN IN DER WÜSTE UND SEINER FEURIGEN HIMMELFAHRT AUS EINER KIRCHEN-IKONOSTASE

A MONUMENTAL ICON SHOWING THE PROPHET ELIJAH, HIS LIFE IN THE DESERT AND HIS FIERY ASCENT TO HEAVEN FROM A CHURCH ICONOSTASIS Russian, Mstera, 19th century Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed in great detail. The haloes made of gold. The saint shown at center, seated before the opening of a rocky cave; the upper part of the image representing the Prophet's heavenly ascent. Vertical crack minimally restored. 90 x 67.8 cm.