Lot number 1590 - 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 ELIJHA, HIS LIFE IN THE DESERT AND HIS FIERY ASCENT TO HEAVEN FROM A CHURCH ICONOSTASIS Russian, Mstera, 19th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The haloes made of gold. The surface intricately painted with finely detailed landscape and textured fabrics or fur. Vertical crack, minor losses, minimally restored. 90 x 71.6 cm.