Sale 45 Lot 1342  

RUSSIAN ICON OF MOTHER OF GOD JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE, 18th-19th century. Tempera, gesso and gold leaf on wood panel. Depicting the Virgin with staff and bread surrounded by angels and ailing people; surmounted by a small image of the Mandylion - 11 1/2 in. x 10 in.
Estimate $500-700

PROVENANCE: Admiral John J. Lynch, Naval Attaché at the American Embassy in Moscow, 1950s

Flaking and losses throughout most notably along the borders. Surface craquelure.

Sold for $900

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