A Russian icon «KAZANSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD» WITH APOSTLES IN THE MARGIN
Lot 104
500600
South-West of Russia, the second half of the XIX century
Oil on canvas
61X50 cm
Condition: multiple tinting, the canvas is cropped at
the edges.
The iconographer conveyed more warmth of the divine
image of the Mother of God through a sense and
understanding of «folk» iconography, although his desire
to follow the «academic» styles in the icon is also
evident.