ICON ‘SAVIOUR EMMANUEL’ IN A SILVER OKLAD Moscow, late 18th - early 19th century

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.