MacDougall Auctions 8 June 2009
8 June 2009
* 40. A CIRCULAR ICON PORTRAYING THE RAISING OF LAZARUS
RUSSIAN (PALEKH), XIX CENTURY
Diameter 22.5 cm.
1,500-2,000 pounds
Christ is on the axis of the composition blessing Lazarus with His right hand, the latter, dressed in a white burial shroud, emerges from his rock-cut tomb, in front of him his sisters Martha and Maria lie in prostration, and to the left the disciples attend the miraculous event.
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