Lot number 1627 - Auction 147
SIGNIERTE UND DATIERTE IKONE MIT DEM APOSTEL ANDREAS

A SIGNED AND DATED ICON SHOWING THE APOSTLE ANDREW Russian, Moscow, Workshop of Yakov Yefimovich Epaneshchnikov, dated 1908 Oil on wood panel. The gilded halo and border emulating contemporary metal oklads. Cyrillic workshop stamp on the reverse. At the bottom, a Cyrillic dedication inscription commemorating the 50th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Andrey Lavrov, who served in the Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Gorodok, Rybinsk district, Yaroslavl province. Minor areas of retouching. 38 x 33.6 cm.