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Lot 392
Antique Russian Painted Icon, Most Holy Theotokos, Joy of All Who Sorrow
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Early 19th century, polychrome on panel with gilt embellishment, icon of the Mother of God (Theotokos) holding the Christ child at center, surrounded by a host of saints, angels, and religious figures, the scene below a centered Christ and Heavenly Father flanked by two attending angels, Cyrillic orthodox canon text centered below.

12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

Some areas of later painted repair to center and along borders, some rubbing to gilt.