MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010
7 June 2010
5. THE FOUR HOLY METROPOLITANS OF MOSCOW AND RUSSIA, SAINTS PETER, ALEXIS, JONAH AND PHILIP.
MOSCOW, 1730-1740s
Each 147 by 48 cm.
25,000-35,000 pounds
The two large local icons, which evidently adorned symmetrical columns of a large church, depict the four most famous
and celebrated metropolitans of Moscow and All Russia, who
were primates of the metropolitan see at different times and
were canon
Notes on symbols:
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