Lot number 1525 - Auction 161
SEHR FEINE UND GROSSFORMATIGE IKONE MIT DER HÖLLENFAHRT CHRISTI, ZWÖLF HOCHFESTEN DES ORTHODOXEN KIRCHENJAHRES, DER KREUZIGUNG, DER ERWECKUNG DES LAZARUS UND DER TAUFE CHRISTI

A VERY FINE AND LARGE ICON SHOWING THE DESCENT INTO HELL, TWELVE MAJOR FEASTS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH YEAR, THE CRUCIFIXION, THE RAISING OF LAZARUS AND THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST Russian, Moscow or Solvychegodsk, Stroganov School, first third 17th century (icon) Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The background and haloes gilded. An icon of the highest quality, executed in exceptionally fine miniature painting. The figures are elegantly elongated, their garments richly highlighted with gold folds, and the architecture in the background is elaborately ornamented. The central panel inserted at a later date (vrezka), the borders stripped down to the levkas, minimally restored, losses along the lower border. 40.3 x 34 cm.