ICON ‘SAVIOUR EMMANUEL’ IN A SILVER OKLAD Moscow, late 18th - early 19th century
Lotto 205
4 0005 000
Hallmarks: silversmith’s mark in Cyrillic ‘V.Sh’, assay master’s mark (illegible) ‘181(?)’, alderman's mark ‘AOP’; silver mark ‘84’, coat of arms of Moscow
wood, levkas, tempera; oklad: silver, chasing, engraving, gilding
31.5 x 26.8 cm
Condition : without restoration, in good condition
The stylised archaism and monumentality of the image are direct allusions to the features of Grozny and Godunov's art. However, the power of ancient painting ‘ennobled’, softened by the aesthetics of iconographic classicism of the early 19th century. A remarkable, restrained, noble image of the Saviour in youth.