Lot number 1911 - Auction 142
FEINE IKONE MIT DEM ENTSCHLAFEN DER GOTTESMUTTER (KOIMESIS)

A FINE ICON SHOWING THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD Russian, Palekh, 19th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Finely executed in great detail in vivid colours on a gold ground. The Virgin lies on a bier draped with a cloth flanked by four selected saints in bishop's attire and the mourning Apostles, on the left Saint Peter censes the bier whilst on the right Saint Paul stoops in grief. At the upper part of the composition, the figure of Christ is seen. He receives his Mother's soul which is represented as a swaddled infant. 32.6 x 27.5 cm.