MacDougall Auctions 2-3 December 2009
2 December 2009
* 120. THE MOTHER OF GOD "SOOTHE MY SORROWS" WITH SELECTED SAINTS
MAKER'S MARK A.V IN CYRILLIC, MOSCOW, 1799
33 by 28 cm.
9,000-12,000 pounds
Related literature: For similar icons, see Icon-Painting of the Romanov’s Dynasty. Collection of Viktor Bondarenko, Moscow, 2008, cat. no. 98, p. 183, ill. 84.
I. Tarnogradsky and I. Buseva-Davydova, The Holy Images. Russian Icons of the 15th-20th Centuries from Private Collections, Moscow, 2006, cat. no. 178, p. 412.
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