Icône - Décapitation de Jean-Baptiste - Bois
Nº 82582739
Icône - Notre-Dame de Smolensk - Bois, Détrempe
Nº 82582739
Icône - Notre-Dame de Smolensk - Bois, Détrempe
Russia, egg tempera on chalk ground, painted on wooden panel.
Oklad in silver plated copper, stamped MET and other various stamps, Moscow?
Riza made of metal with gilded nimbus.
Back with fabric cover
Finely executed image of Our Lady of Smolensk.
Our Lady of Smolensk is the name of an ancient miraculous icon and one of
the most revered icons in Russia. According to tradition, after the fall of
Constantinople, the original icon painted by Saint Luke appeared in Russia, where it was
placed in the Smolensk Assumption Cathedral and therefore called Our Lady
from Smolensk. It is currently believed that the original icon, dated by the
art historians in the 11th century, it was destroyed by fire during the occupation
German Smolensk in 1941, but throughout the century they made a
large number of copies, some of them of considerable historical and artistic value.
own.
Measurements
30.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Condition
Traces of age, oklad shpws oxidation and signs of wear on the silver plate. Painting in excellent condition, no chips or damage.
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