Lot number 948 - Auction 142
MONUMENTALE IKONE DER GOTTESMUTTER VON TICHWIN (TICHWINSKAJA) AUS EINER KIRCHEN-IKONOSTASE

A MONUMENTAL ICON OF THE TIKHVIN MOTHER OF GOD FROM A CHURCH ICONOSTASIS Russian, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed with golden haloes. Depicted frontal holding and gesturing to Christ. The Mother of God dressed in a maroon maphorion decorated with stars and a golden hem. The large size of the offered icon would suggest that it was most likely once displayed on the local tier of an iconostasis within a church or chapel. Church Slavonic titel on the lower border. Vertical cracks restored. 88.5 x 68.8 cm.