Lot number 1534 - Auction 151
MONUMENTALE UND SEHR FEINE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER FEODOROWSKAJA AUS EINER KIRCHEN-IKONOSTASE

A MONUMENTAL ICON SHOWING THE FEODOROVSKYA MOTHER OF GOD FROM A CHURCH ICONOSTASIS Russian, Moscow, Vassiliy Guryanov (attr.), circa 1900 Tempera on wood panel. Finely painted in great detail. All bearing gilt haloes, the garment folds emphasised with strong gold striations. The gilt background ornately incised. The borders ornately incised and painted in faux enameling. Four selected saints on the borders: Guardian Angel and Sts. Basil the Great, Paraskeva and Catherine. Minor areas of retouching. 71 x 56.2 cm.