MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010
7 June 2010
73. ST NICHOLAS, ARCHBISHOP OF MYRA
ROSTOV REGION (VOLOGDA), FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY
58.3 by 38.3 cm.
20,000-22,000 pounds
The three-quarter depiction of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop
of Myra, offering his blessing and holding the closed Gospels
in his veiled hand is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous
images in Eastern Christian art. The numerous versions of this
image
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