LOT 242:
AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN ICON, ST NICHOLAS, 19TH C
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $750
Start price:
$
10
Estimated price :
$100 - $150
Buyer's Premium: 28%
More details
|
AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN ICON, ST NICHOLAS, 19TH C
An early 19th-century Russian Orthodox icon depicting St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is depicted frontally half-figured wearing bishop’s clothes, blessing with his right hand and holding open Gospels with his left one. Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary offering a bishop’s omofor are shown behind him. Wood, gesso, tempera, gilding. Palex School.
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.