Lot number 2113 - Auction 156
SEHR FEINE UND GROSSFORMATIGE IKONE MIT DEN DREI HIERARCHEN BASILIUS DEM GROSSEN, GREGOR DEM THEOLOGEN UND JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS

A VERY FINE AND LARGE ICON SHOWING THREE HIERARCHS OF ORTHODOXY STS. BASIL THE GREAT, GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Greek, 17th century Tempera on wood panel. The saints depicted against a gold ground, in frontal position with elongated bodies and relatively small heads, each making a blessing gesture and holding a jewelled closed Book of Gospels, robed in precious bishop's garments with striking geometric ornament of crosses set within squares and circles of a type worn during the Byzantine period. Minor losses to the lower border. 57 x 36 cm.