Lot number 1065 - Auction 147
SEHR SELTENE IKONE MIT DEM KATAPETASMA IWANS IV.

A RARE ICON SHOWING THE KATAPETASMA (CURTAIN FOR ROYAL DOORS) OF HILANDAR MONASTERY DONATED IN 1556 BY TSAR IVAN THE TERRIBLE AND HIS WIFE, ANASTASIA Russian, 19th century Tempera on wood. The haloes made of gold. The edges minimally chipped. 21.8 x 17.4 cm. The prototype for this icon is a precious textile that Ivan IV dedicated to the Chilandar monastery in 1557, along with 300 roubles. It is an embroidery called 'katapetasma' (curtain) for the tsar's doorway of an iconostasis, made in 1555 and now kept in the monastery sacristy.