Lot number 518 - Auction 147
SEHR FEINE IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER 'FREUDE ALLER LEIDENDEN'

AN ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD 'JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE' Russian, Palekh, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The Mother of God holding Christ, both crowned, appearing in a rayed mandorla, two angels indicating the Mother and Child to the afflicted people, the New Testament Trinity emerging in blessing from the open skies, the Sun and the Moon on the upper corners, painted predomintantly with reds, blues and gold on a beige ground. Minor areas of retouching. 35.2 x 29 cm.