LOT 261
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Lot 261
A LARGE RUSSIAN ICON OF THE SOOTH MY ILLS MOTHER OF GOD WITH SAINTS, 18TH CENTURY. At top center, two angels support and icon of the Mother of God below which a scroll is scribed with the beginning of the troparian, “Sooth the ills of my much-sighting soul…” Below are a gathering of saints. From left to right they are identified by the inscriptions in their haloes as, Saint John the Merciful, Saint John the New, Saint John the Warrior, the Holy Prophet Zachariah, the Holy Elizabeth, the Holy Aleksey Man of God, the Holy Great Martyr Katherine and the Holy Abbot Athanasius. 21 inches x 17.25 inches (53.4 x 43.8 cm).
Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,500
€ 1,100 - 1,900
Icons such as the offered lot exhibiting the distinctive pallet of blue, red and white together with extensive gilt highlighting is often referred to as the St. Petersburg style as similar icons often display inscriptions denoting their St. Petersburg origins. They are often of high quality, like the offered lot, and seemed to have been quite popular with a certain segment of the western thinking aristocratic community at the time. The dark borders and extensive use of blue and red hues together with the wide use of gold highlighting and naturally shaded fleshy features are all aspects of what Tarasov calls the 'Lively transference into Orthodox iconic space of Western Catholic and Protestant imagery. See: Oleg Tarasov, Icon and Devotion, Reaktion Books Ltd, London, 2002, chapter four for a treatment on this topic.
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