MacDougall Auctions 8 June 2009
8 June 2009
* 157. MARIA, THE MOTHER OF GOD, WITH HER MOTHER ST. ANNA
GREEK, LATE XV CENTURY
15.2 by 12 cm.
25,000-35,000 pounds
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, D’un Autre Monde. Icônes Inconnues et Art Byzantin, Koninklijk Museum, Antwerp, 1997, no. 21.
The Mother of God is seated on her mother’s left forearm, in a similar stance to the Hodegetria, offering her mother a flower in return. St. Anna with a brighter red maphorion, the tones of the faces deep brown, the features modelled by lighter pigments, on a gold background.
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