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Lot 406
An Antique Byzantine Icon of Eight Saints and Small Framed Icon
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, gesso and polychrome on panel, with gilt embellishment, the largest unframed, depicting eight full length saints standing beneath a centered depiction of the Old Testament Holy Trinity (18 x 14 7/ 8 in.); the second a small framed icon of half length saint (frame dimensions 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.). Each retaining Lithuanian export stamp en verso.

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

Some scattered areas of paint loss, most with later painted retouch; some surface staining and rubbing to gilt.