66. Pilgrimage icon, "Jerusalem Fortress", 1863, rare piece, collectible

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66. Pilgrimage icon, "Jerusalem Fortress", 1863, rare piece, collectible

Starting price:

EUR 2.000

Sold

EUR 8.485

tempera, gold and silver foil on canvas, 135 x 194 cm

In the centre is the scene of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, on the left-right side of Virgin Mary with the Child and Jesus Pantocrator, surrounded by scenes from their lives. In the upper left are scenes from the Book of Genesis (Adam and Eve in Heaven, etc.), and on the upper right are the Ascension of the Prophet Elijah and the Resurrection of Lazarus. The Last Judgement is depicted in the centre above, in two registers Deisis and Archangel Michael weighing sins, Saint Peter receiving the souls of the Righteous into Heaven and on the right the devils casting the souls of sinners into Hell.

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