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Russian bronze travel icon with frame, 19th century

Height x height x depth: 24 x 20.5 x 1.4 cm.

The central representation presents the Virgin Consoler of all the afflicted. The circulation of this iconography experienced considerable fortune from the late 17th century, following a miracle performed by the icon in the Church of the Transfiguration on Ordynka Street in Moscow. Crowded around the Virgin are numerous supplicant faithful: the offended, the naked, the pilgrims, the hungry, the afflicted, and the sick.
Bronze frames.


Item condition grading: **** good, frame defects.

€ 250,00 / 350,00
Estimate
€ 80,00
Starting price
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Corals, Ivories and Silver: masterpieces from important collections - Russian Icons

Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, thu 30 November 2023
SINGLE SESSION 30/11/2023 Hours 15:00