Lot number 1000 - Auction 142
GROSSE UND FEINE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER 'LEBENSSPENDENDER QUELL' MIT SILBER-RIZA

A LARGE AND FINE ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD OF THE 'LIFE-GIVING SOURCE' WITH A SILVER RIZA Russian, last quarter 18th century (icon), Russian, Moscow, Ivan Mikhailovitch Pokhomov, 1806 (riza) Tempera on wood panel. On the celestial plane, angels adoring the Mother of God and Christ. The lower part dominated by the fountain, surrounded by members of the Imperial family, clerics, soldiers and lay people, at the far right the emperor Leo and the blind man, executed with bright colours and gold. St. Catherine represented on the right border. With a silver basma repoussé with stylized foliage. Marked with city hallmark, assayer's mark, 84 standard and master's mark 'IP' in Cyrillic. 37.2 x 30.2 cm.