MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010
7 June 2010
68. THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD WITH THE DECOLLATION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE CRUCIFIXION, THE FIERY ASCENT OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH AND SAINT NICHOLAS AND PARASKEVA.
YAROSLAVL (ROMANOV-BORISOGLEBSK?), END OF THE 18TH CENTURY
124.5 by 93.5 cm.
25,000-27,000 pounds
The icon was a distinctive part of the Veneration Tier of an
iconostasis. The main scene depicts the Dormition of the
Mother of God observed by many figures and incorporates
the apocryphal story of Athonius, whose hands were cut off
after he trie
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