Auction 109 Part 2 IMPORTANT RUSSIAN & GREEK ICONS part 1
Apr 16, 2021
Germany
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LOT 433:

SELTENE FALT-IKONOSTASE (REISE-IKONOSTASE)

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Auction took place on Apr 16, 2021 at Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf

SELTENE FALT-IKONOSTASE (REISE-IKONOSTASE)

Origin: Russland, 19. Jh.

Technique: Fünfzehn durch Scharniere verbundene Laubholz-Einzeltafeln mit spitzbogenförmigem oberen Abschluss. Eitempera auf Kreidegrund auf Holz, Nimben vergoldet

Dimension: 52,5 x 146,3 cm (geöffnet)


A RARE TRAVELLING FOLDING ICONOSTASIS Russian, 19th century Tempera on wood panels with kovcheg. Consisting of fifteen panels. The central panel one twice the size of the others. The upper part of the panels in the shape of onion domes. The central panel showing a royal door depicting the four Evangelists, the Annunciation and the Last Supper. Above this scene the two major feasts (the Cruxification and the Descent of Christ into Hell). In the middle Christ enthroned and flanked by the Kings David and Salomon. The scenes of the fourteen panels grouped over five rows. The top two ranks portraying Old Testament prophets. The third row showing four images of the Mother of God and selected saints in full-length. The fourth register is representing the major feasts of the Ecclesiastical calendar. The lower row depicting an extended Deisis with the Mother of God and St. John the Baptist in three-quarter view flanked by the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, the Three Hierarchs, Metropolitans and Bishops waering liturgical garments and the monastic saints Zosima and Savatii. Finely executed. Minimally restored. 52.5 x 146.3 cm.


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