50. "The City of Jerusalem", pilgrimage icon, 1866, rarity

Starting price

EUR 1.600

Sold

EUR 14.000

Session

Wed, 8 December 2021 19:00

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In the centre is represented the scene of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, laterally left-right Mother of Jesus with the Baby and Jesus Pantocrator, surrounded by scenes from their lives. In the upper left are represented scenes from Genesis (Adam and Eve in Heaven, etc.), and in the upper right (Ascension of the Prophet Elijah, the martyr of St. Stephen and the passions of the Prophet Isaiah). In the centre-top is a representation of the Judgment Day, in two registers Deesis and the Archangel Michael weighs the sins, St. Peter receives the souls of the Righteous in Heaven and on the right the devils throw the souls of sinners into Hell. The inscriptions of the scenes are bilingual with Cyrillic characters (Russian and Romanian).

Dimensions

width 146.5 cm, height 103 cm, custom 103 × 146,5 cm

Description

tempera on canvas, silver foil

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