Lot number 1657 - Auction 161
SEHR FEINE UND GROSSFORMATIGE MONATSIKONE: DEZEMBER

A VERY FINE AND LARGE MENOLOGICAL ICON FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER Central Russian, 18th century Tempera on wood panel. Gold ground. The composition divided into five horizontal registers, showing full-length figures of the saints of the month of December arranged in groups, as well as major feasts, including the Nativity of Christ, the Adoration of the Magi and the Massacre of the Innocents. Very finely painted, with particular attention to the individualized modelling of the faces. The garments of the elegantly elongated figures executed in contrasting red and green against the gold ground. Surface scratches. 45 x 40 cm.