Lot number 640 - Auction 147
SEHR FEINE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER 'FREUDE ALLER LEIDENDEN'

A VERY FINE ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD 'JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE' Russian, Palekh, early 19th century Tempera on wood panel. The haloes, wings and background made of gold. The narrative episodes represented against rocky hills, the individual saints portrayed on gold ground, their miniature figures rendered meticulously, mostly with reds, blues and greens. 36.9 x 31.5 cm.