Lot number 379 - Auction 138
AUSSERGEWÖHNLICHE SIGNIERTE UND DATIERTE HINTERGLAS-IKONE MIT DER GRABLEGUNG UND BEWEINUNG CHRIST

AN EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED AND DATED REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS DEPICTING THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST Romanian, Fagaras, Ioan Pop (1794-1870), dated 1838 Polychrome painted on glass, partial gilding. Signed and dated in lower middle. Partial detached patches and loss of colour, stabilised cracks, subsequently added frame. Original colour fragments additional. 59.6 x 50.5 cm high.