A RUSSIAN ICON «KAZANSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD» WITH APOSTLES IN THE MARGIN
Lot 98
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.