A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE VLADIMIRSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD, MOSCOW SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child tenderly embracing, on an elaborately tooled gilded ground with painted polychrome details. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on wood panel with a kovcheg. Two insert splints on the back. 55.8 x 46 cm (22 x 18 in.)