Auction 109 Part 2 IMPORTANT RUSSIAN & GREEK ICONS part 1
Apr 16, 2021
Germany

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LOT 379:

GROSSFORMATIGE UND SELTENE IKONE MIT DEM 'VATERUNSER' UND DER GOTTESMUTTER 'O VSEPYETAJA MATI'

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GROSSFORMATIGE UND SELTENE IKONE MIT DEM 'VATERUNSER' UND DER GOTTESMUTTER 'O VSEPYETAJA MATI'

Origin: Russland, Altgläubigen-Werkstatt, um 1800

Technique: Holztafel mit zwei Rückseiten-Sponki. Eitempera auf Kreidegrund, Goldgrund

Dimension: 80,2 x 28,5 cm


A VERY LARGE AND RARE ICON WITH THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE LORD’S PRAYER ‘OUR FATHER’ AND THE MOTHER OF GOD ‘O VSEPYETAYA MATI’ Russian, Old Believer’s Workshop, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed on gold ground. The prayer ‘Our Father’ rendered allegorically over two register and five scenes each one illustrating a verse; beginning from the central scene at the top frieze, God Father encircled by archangels in a double glory standing for: Our Father, who art in heaven. The lower scenes symbolising the verses: Give us today our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil (Adam and Eve in the Paradies). The figures portrayed with elongated proportions. Painted with bright colours. Minor losses. 80.2 x 28.5 cm.