An icon in a brass oklad ‘Fyodorovskaya Virgin’ Central Russia, late 19th century
Lot 137
500700
Wood, gesso, tempera
31,2 x 25,6 cm
Condition: no restoration, covered with a layer of darkened varnish. The ‘restrained’ image of the Virgin is intensified by the exquisite oklad decorated with the elegant embossed ‘buckwheat’ ornamentation. It enhances the sense of «antiquity» so carefully maintained in iconography.