Lot number 2064 - Auction 161
SEHR FEINE SIGNIERTE UND DATIERTE IKONE MIT DEN HEILIGEN KLOSTERGRÜNDERN ZOSIMA UND SAWATIJ

A VERY FINE SIGNED AND DATED ICON SHOWING THE MONASTIC FOUNDERS SAINTS ZOSIMA AND SAVVATIY Russian, Kholuy, Vasiliy Mikhailov Blinichev, dated 1866 Tempera on wood panel. The background gilded, the border decorated emulating contemporary cloisonné enamel oklads. The reverse signed and dated in Cyrillic: 'Painted by Vasiliy Mikhailov Blinichev from the Vladimir Governorate, Vyazniki Uyezd, Kholuy Sloboda. Icon for Father Zosima. 10 September 1866. Inv. 50863.' The edges chipped, the border partially restored. 26.2 x 22 cm.