Lot number 2800 - Auction 142
MONUMENTALE UND FEINE IKONE MIT DEN TAGEN DER WOCHE (SEDMITZA) AUS EINER KIRCHEN-IKONOSTASE

A MONUMENTAL AND FINELY PAINTED WEEK ICON FROM A CHURCH ICONOSTASIS Russian, 2nd half 17th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The central composition divided into four registers showing the Anastasis, the Synaxis of the Archangels, the Decollation of John the Baptist, the Annunciation, the Washing of the Feet together with the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. Below saints, martyrs, Russian Bishops and Metropolitans, monastic saints. Painted in great detail. The border restored, vertical crack. 81.5 x 70 cm.