AN ICON «SAINT PETER, METROPOLITAN OF KIEV AND ALL RUSSIA»
Lotto 112
4 4004 600
Central Russia, late XIX century
Wood, gold leaf, oil
107 X 55 cm
Condition: generally in good condition,
fragmentary renovations across the ornamental
gold background and of the
Saint’s clothes.
Metropolitan Peter (the Second half
of the XIII - 1326) was an outstanding
Church and state figure of Russia, who
played an exceptional role in the formation
and promotion of the Moscow
Principality and the formation of a
centralized state. Saint Peter was especially
esteemed in Russia of the saint,
and this ;large-format image has a high
collector’s value.