Lot number 1928 - Auction 151
SELTENE IKONE MIT GOTTVATER

OSIP CHIRIKOV (CIRCLE OF) A RARE ICON OF GOD THE FATHER Russian, Moscow, circa 1900 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Flesh tones executed in exceptionally fine painting. Attractive pastel colour scheme. Minor retouching to the borders. 20.8 × 35 cm. Literature: Lebendige Zeugen: Datierte und signierte Ikonen in Russland um 1900, exhibition catalogue, Ikonen-Museum Frankfurt 2005, cat. no. 36. Expertise: Rosemarie Eberhard (Bietigheim-Bissingen).