MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010

7 June 2010

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ROSTOV REGION (VOLOGDA), FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY

73. ST NICHOLAS, ARCHBISHOP OF MYRA

ROSTOV REGION (VOLOGDA), FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY

58.3 by 38.3 cm.
20,000-22,000 pounds


The three-quarter depiction of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, offering his blessing and holding the closed Gospels in his veiled hand is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous images in Eastern Christian art. The numerous versions of this image


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