*Mother of God of Konevits with pigeons

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18.11.2017 15:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 75 | *Mother of God of Konevits with pigeons
*Mother of God of Konevits with pigeons Russian icon, dated 1822, with silver oklad (220g), St. Petersburg 1843 Assay Master: Dmitri Tvyersko (1832-1850) Meister: Dmitry Andreyev (1835-1860) 31 x 26,5 cm Outstanding are the pigeons in the hand of Jesus, which are referring to the sacrifice of the Presentation of Christ to the Temple. According to the legend St. Arsenius of Konevits (died 1444) brought the icon in 1393 from the Mount Athos to Novgorod and later to the Konevits island in the Lake Ladoga. An equal icon, but without an oklad, is published by Bentchev, Ivan / Haustein-Bartsch, Eva, Muttergottesikonen, Recklinghausen 2000, p. 78f. Provenance: North-German Private Collection
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