Magnificent festive icon with anastasis. Russia, ca. 1850. H 36.2 cm, W 31.6 cm. Egg tempera on chalk ground. Rectangular wooden panel. Two vertical inserted sponki. Kowtscheg. Gilt background and nimbuses, Church Slavonic tituli. Fine miniature painting. In the central field Anastasis - Christ's descent into hell and resurrection; the surrounding twelve registers show the "Dodekaorton", the twelve main feast days of the Orthodox Church. Bulge on the upper edge with the Holy Trinity. Impressive Orthodox domestic icon and a great collector's item! With expert opinion! Excellent condition with only minor craquelure. Small reworking in the right margin. Provenance: Ex collection R.K., North Rhine-Westphalia, before 1980.

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