LOT 127
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Lot 127
A LARGE AND EXCEPTIONAL RUSSIAN ICON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT TRINITY, MOSCOW, PERHAPS PALEKH, CIRCA 1850. This icon depicts the three angels that appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre as recorded in the book of Genesis chapter 18. The three angels are seated at a table, the Patriarch Abraham is depicted lower left and his wife Sara is shown lower right, both serving the visitors. Below them is a servant slaying a calf. In the background are highly stylized buildings, a tree (the Oak of Mamre) and hills. Generally speaking the three persons of the Trinity are not distinguished by inscriptions, however some understood them thusly: Christ at center, above whom is a tree, signifying the wood of the cross; God the Father at left, before a building symbolizing the Church, and the Holy Spirit on the right, below a hill signifying spiritual ascent. The left border displays the Guardian angel and the figure on the right border is identified by his inscription as, The Holy Martyr Andrew Stratelates who holds his right hand in a blessing in the manner favored by the Old believers thereby suggesting this icon may have been commissioned for a faithful Starovery. An excellent icon in a fine state of preservation. 21.1 inches x 17.6 inches (54cm x 44.5cm).
Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000
€ 2,250 - 3,750
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