POST MEDIEVAL RUSSIAN ICON OF VARIOUS SAINTS Late 18th-early 19th century AD A provincial rectangular wooden icon with tempera painted scene in three registers of Mary Theotokos (Богородица), St. John the Baptist (Иоанн Креститель) and various saints including Nicholas (Николай), George (Георгий), Nikita (Никита), Vasily (Василий), Frol (Фрол), each with Cyrillic title; mounting slots to the reverse. 856 grams, 31 x 26cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/4"). Fair condition, corner chipped. Provenance From the Alexandra collection, Somerset, UK; previously acquired by a Russian art collector from Sotheby's Amsterdam in 2004; formerly acquired between 1970 and 1972 by one of the largest industrialists from East Germany, who made his fortune in selling cement to Russia, and was subsequently part paid in icons and other important works of art by the Russian government. Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from the Ministry of Culture, Moscow, CCCP (USSR), signed and stamped by the director of the national export department, K. Olenev; and signed by the highest ranking scientific expert, Mr E. Morozova; along with a hand written description in German, and a typed German translation of the Russian certificate by Emil J. Janucek, from the office of Terra Handels-Gesellschaft mbH.
POST MEDIEVAL RUSSIAN ICON OF VARIOUS SAINTS Late 18th-early 19th century AD A provincial rectangular wooden icon with tempera painted scene in three registers of Mary Theotokos (Богородица), St. John the Baptist (Иоанн Креститель) and various saints including Nicholas (Николай), George (Георгий), Nikita (Никита), Vasily (Василий), Frol (Фрол), each with Cyrillic title; mounting slots to the reverse. 856 grams, 31 x 26cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/4"). Fair condition, corner chipped. Provenance From the Alexandra collection, Somerset, UK; previously acquired by a Russian art collector from Sotheby's Amsterdam in 2004; formerly acquired between 1970 and 1972 by one of the largest industrialists from East Germany, who made his fortune in selling cement to Russia, and was subsequently part paid in icons and other important works of art by the Russian government. Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from the Ministry of Culture, Moscow, CCCP (USSR), signed and stamped by the director of the national export department, K. Olenev; and signed by the highest ranking scientific expert, Mr E. Morozova; along with a hand written description in German, and a typed German translation of the Russian certificate by Emil J. Janucek, from the office of Terra Handels-Gesellschaft mbH.
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