Lot number 2118 - Auction 147
BEDEUTENDE SIGNIERTE UND DATIERTE IKONE MIT DEM HEILIGEN NIKOLAUS VON MYRA FLANKIERT VON DEN HEILIGEN GEORG UND ALEXANDRA

AN IMPORTANT SIGNED AND DATED ICON OF SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA, FLANKED BY STS. GEORGE AND ALEXANDRA Russian, Mstera, Ivan Ivanovich Tyulin, dated 1906 Tempera on cypress panel with kovcheg. The highly detailed saints standing in full-length. Christ painted on the upper border making a gesture of blessing, The gold ground punched, the border decorated with floral motifs simulating enamel. On the reverse with Cyrillic inscription: "On March 25, 1906, this icon was painted by the iconographer Ivan Ivanovich Tyulin from the village of Mstera in the Vladimir Governorate." Tyulin, a distinguished painter and restorer, was appointed as the chief restorer of Old Russian art at the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg in 1918. The depiction of Saint Nicholas alludes to Tsar Nicholas II, who was reigning at the time of the icon's creation.