Sold for:
$1,080
$1,080
Egg tempera and gesso on wood panel. Icon has two Saints on the border: left Holy Martyr St. Tatiana, and on the right Holy Martyr St. Paraskeva. Raised border Kovcheg. Two insert splints on the back (one is missing). 33 x 28 cm (13 x 11 in.) Acquired in the 1930s in Moscow by the Grandfather of the present owner, a diplomat in the Italian Embassy to the Soviet Union Thence by descent
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2011-04-16
