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 restrained white highlights around the eyes and mouth, painted in traditional style against a richly gilded ground, in a fitted velvet frame, unsigned

16.5 by 12.6cm; 6 1/2 by 5 in.

The Loverdos Collection of Icons

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.