MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010
7 June 2010
93. THE MOTHER OF GOD OF FEODOROV
KOSTROMA, LAST QUARTER TO END OF THE 17TH CENTURY
71.5 by 56.5 cm.
35,000-40,000 pounds
The icon is a close, but not exact copy of the Mother of God
of Feodorov, one of the most venerated miraculous images
in Rus’. According to a legend written no earlier than the first
third of the 17th century, after the burning of the town
Gorod
Notes on symbols:
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