LOT 83
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Lot 83
A RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS ICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TRINITY, GAVRIL EFIMOVICH FROLOV, CIRCA 1915. At center Christ on the left and God the Father on the right and above them a dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit. Father and Son and seated on six-winged Seraphim and fiery wheels called Thrones are beneath their feet. On the left the Mother of God intercedes on behalf of mankind and on the right John the Forerunner (Baptist). At the corners within the points of the red star are the symbols of the four Evangelists. Verso branded with the mark Frolov. 14.25 inches x 12.5 inches (36 x 31.7 cm).
Estimate:
$4,000 - 7,000
Gavriil Efimovich Frolov (1854-1930) was born into a family of Old Believer icon painters in the village of Mytkovka in Chernigov Province. He studied icon painting under the tutelage of his father. In 1875, he helped decorate the Old Believers Church of the Transfiguration in Moscow. Later he moved to the village of Raya on Lake Peipus in present day Estonia. There he founded an icon workshop where he instructed numerous iconographers in the traditional Old Style of the type favored by the Old Believers and as exemplified by the two offered icons (lots 82 and 83). Frolov was an Old Believer of the Fedoseyan concord; therefore his mode of life was severe and ascetical. His devotion to his faith inspired him to channel all his earnings to various church related projects and schooling. He was not only a master iconographer but also well versed in traditional chant and the Old Church Slavonic language, both of which he taught.
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