Lot number 1496 - Auction 138
MONUMENTALE SIGNIERTE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER VASNETSOVSKAJA AUS EINER KIRCHEN-IKONOSTASE

IVAN SIDOROVICH YIZHAKEVYCH 1864 Vyshnopil - 1962 Kiev A MONUMENTAL SIGNED ICON SHOWING THE VASNETSOVSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD FROM A CHURCH ICONOSTASIS Russian, circa 1900 Oil on wood panel. The Mother of God shown full-legth standing on clouds bearing the Christ child. Against a gold tooled background, the patterns of the haloes and borders emulating contemporary metal oklads. Minimally restored. Signed in Cyrillic lower right 'Yizhakevych'. 147 x 50.7 cm.