Gottesmutter, Trost aller Leidenden. In the center is the Mother of God floating on a cloud with the child in her arms in the mandorla. She is surrounded by the sick and saints, who frame her as well as the two flowering shrubs twisting upwards. Tempera painting on wood. Fired. Russia. 17th/18th century. 40 x 50 cm. Curved wood. Isolated pressure marks. With slits top and bottom and 2 applied spokis. Glued to the reverse and traces of slight wormwood damage. D

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