Description
An icon in a brass oklad ‘Fyodorovskaya Virgin’
Wood, gesso, tempera 31,2 x 25,6 cm Condition: no restoration, covered with a layer of darkened varnish. The ‘restrained’ image of the Virgin is intensified by the exquisite oklad decorated with the elegant embossed ‘buckwheat’ ornamentation. It enhances the sense of «antiquity» so carefully maintained in iconography.
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An icon in a brass oklad ‘Fyodorovskaya Virgin’
