From the Loverdos Collection of Icons
An icon of the Mother of God, attributed to Emmanuel Lambardos, Crete, circa 1600
Auction Closed
November 26, 05:37 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
showing a bust length portrait of the Mother of God, with vigorously rendered white highlights across the face, painted in a traditional style against a richly gilded ground, in a fitted velvet frame, unsigned
20.3 by 16.5cm; 8 by 6 1/2 in.
Sotheby's New York, 14 June 1999, lot 51
The Loverdos Collection of Icons
Axia, A Selection of Icons from Muscovy to Candia, 17 November to 10 December 1999, no. 7
This icon would originally have been a part of a set of three panels, with Christ and John the Baptist, forming a Deisis.
For a similar icon also attributed to Lambardos, see Y. Petsopoulos et al., East Christian Art, London, 1987, catalogue number 61. Typical of the work of Lambardos is the clean cut-off of the subject matter on the edges of the panel.
We are grateful to Ivan Samarine for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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