Lot 837
A finely painted Russian icon showing Saint Sergei of Radonezh with silver basma, circa 1900 (icon), Moscow, Dmitry Smirnov, 1908–1917 (basma)
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
Tempera on gesso on wood, the back covered in fabric. Very fine painted depiction of the Saint in a landscape. Lower edge stamped with the district assayer's mark, fineness "84" and master's mark "DS" in Cyrillic. Losses to the fabric. Dimensions 12.6 x 7 cm (without the loop). The painting suggests an attribution to the workshop of Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848–1926) or Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862–1942); see also the icon of Sergej of Radonezh, painted by Vasnetsov in the Abramtsevo Church, now part of the Reserve Museum.Condition: I - II Questions about the lot?
