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From the Loverdos Collection of Icons

A quatrefoil panel with the Dormition of the Mother of God, Greece, 18th century

Auction Closed

November 26, 05:37 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of quatrefoil form, the central roundel with punched outline and painted with the Dormition of the Mother of God, Apostles and Saints crowd around the Virgin’s bier, while Christ stands amongst Archangels holding the Virgin’s soul; in the foreground, an Angel cuts off the hands of an infidel who had attempted to overturn the bier, unsigned


45 by 45cm; 17 5/8 in.


We are grateful to Ivan Samarine for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

Sotheby's London, 15 December 1993, lot 222

The Loverdos Collection of Icons