MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010

7 June 2010

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


MSTERA, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY

50. THE OLD TESTAMENT TRINITY

MSTERA, LAST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY

133 by 90 cm.
20,000-22,000 pounds


This large church icon depicts the Old Testament Trinity in an expanded iconographic variant known as the Hospitality of Abraham, which includes the figures of the forebears Abraham and Sarah and was intended for the decoration of the Veneration Tier


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