MacDougall Auctions 8 June 2009
8 June 2009
* 166. A PAIR OF ICONS SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD AND ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
RUSSIAN (OLD BELIVERS’ WORKSHOP, MOSCOW?), LATE XIX CENTURY
Each 105.1 by 35.8 cm.
15,000-18,000 pounds
The two panels originally coming from a Deisis group, the elongated figures of the Mother of God and John the Baptist turning towards each other, their hands raised in prayer, the compartments on the top containing images of Old Testament Prophets, painted traditionally in sombre colours on ochre background.
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