MacDougall Auctions 8 June 2009
8 June 2009
* 42. AN ICON IN TWO REGISTERS DEPICTING THE MANDYLION, “MOTHER DO NOT WEEP FOR ME”, CHRIST IN SILENCE, THE DEPOSITION AND LAMENTATION OF CHRIST WITH SAINTS ON THE BORDER
RUSSIAN (VETKA?), SECOND HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY
52.8 by 46.9 cm.
3,000-4,000 pounds
With the exception of the Mandylion and Christ in Silence, the composition focuses on events after Christ’s death and before his burial. The cross is prominent in all of them; on the border three of the four family patrons George, Longinus and Dmitriy are military saints, the fourth is the Church Father, St. Haralambi.
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