Lot number 779 - Auction 147
MONUMENTALE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER 'UNERWARTETE FREUDE'

A MONUMENTAL AND FINE ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD 'OF UNEXPECTED JOY' Russian, probably Moscow, circa 1880 Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed in great detail. The Child wearing an orange tunic with profuse chrysography. The gilded background with etched tracery design, the border emulating contemporary enamelwork. Vertical crack restored. 89.7 x 55 cm.