LOT 80
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Lot 80
A LARGE AND SCARCE ICON OF THE AVGUSTOVSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD, CIRCA 1915. At center, within a decorative arched border, a full length image of the Mother of God holding the infant Christ appearing, atop clouds in the star filled sky, to a gathering of bivouacked soldiers in forest below. The borders ornately incised and painted to simulate cloisonné enamel and executed in the Pan Slavic style, the upper corner with crosses and the sides in scrolling foliage and beaded borders. The lower margin with cartouche inscribed in Old Slavonic, An image of the Most Holy Mother of God Avgustovskaya. 35.25 inches x 24.25 inches (89.5 x 61.5 cm).
Estimate:
$6,000 - 9,000
The source of this iconographical image originated in a vision said to have been seen by Russian soldiers near the town of Avgust/August in what is now Eastern Poland, not long after the beginning of the 1st World War. Before a battle with the Germans on what was then the Russian Northwestern Front, they saw the Mother of God standing in the night sky on the 7th to 8th of September, with her son on her left arm, and her right hand pointing to the West inspiring them to kneel before the vision. The report of the apparition greatly encouraged the troops and led to painted icons of this subject that began appearing in 1915.
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