Lot number 1358 - Auction 161
SEHR FEINES DIPTYCHON MIT DER ENTHAUPTUNG JOHANNES DES VORLÄUFERS UND AUSGEWÄHLTEN HEILIGEN

A VERY FINE DIPTYCH SHOWING THE BEHEADING OF SAINT JOHN THE FORERUNNER AND SELECTED SAINTS Russian, Moscow or Solvychegodsk, Stroganov School, first third 17th century Tempera on wood panels with kovcheg. Gold ground. Metal mount. A diptych for private devotion executed in exceptionally fine painting. The figures are elegantly elongated. The flesh tones are rendered in meticulous shades of brown. Minimal vertical cracking, minor paint losses. 12.5 x 22 cm.