MacDougall Auctions 8 June 2009
8 June 2009
* 1. A GROUP OF THREE ICONS FORMING A DEISIS, EACH WITH A SILVER OKLAD
RUSSIAN, MAKER’S MARK OF EGOR PETROV, MOSCOW, 1796
Each 40.1 by 33.4 cm.
40,000-50,000 pounds
The figures are executed traditionally, their garments rendered with bright colours highlighted in gold, each with two patron saints on the border. The Mother of God is flanked by the monastic saints Dionisiy and Maria, Christ in adoration by Sts. Nikita and Daria, and John the Baptist by Sts. Katerina and Anna. The silver oklads are tooled with foliage in baroque style and applied with cut-out haloes with beaded rims.
Notes on symbols:
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