Tag: Eastern Europe
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03 Russian Icons from the Bible, with footnotes, #13
Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 18th century CE Egg tempera and gold leaf 61.625″ L x 19.75″ H (156.5 cm x 50.2 cm) Private collection A portable iconostasis comprised of 15 folding hinged panels including a central double panel with 14 side panels presenting 4 finely painted registers, each icon identified in handwritten Cyrillic. The uppermost…