LOT 398
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Lot 398
AN OVERSIZED RUSSIAN ICON OF THE EVANGELIST SAINT LUKE, CIRCA 1890. Executed on a large round cross-form metal support, with heavily incised borders and haloes and the background stippled. Here St. Luke is depicted contemplating his Gospels, and is identified by the inscription above his head. The background gilded and the borders finely painted to simulate cloisonné enameling. The size and shape of the offered lot would suggest that it was once part of a church interior, perhaps on the Royal Doors. Verso with indecipherable inscription including the word “Wiesbaden” or Baden Baden perhaps related to the Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to St. Elizabeth in Wiesbaden or the Russian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration located in Baden-Baden (see lot 479). 21 inches x 19.3 inches (53.5 x 49 cm).
Estimate:
$1,000 - 1,500
€ 700 - 1,050
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