112. "The Holy Hierarch Nicholas", royal icon on wood, with silver wrinkle, Wallachia, post-Brâncovenesc school, the second half of the 18th century, rarity, collector's item
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112. "The Holy Hierarch Nicholas", royal icon on wood, with silver wrinkle, Wallachia, post-Brâncovenesc school, the second half of the 18th century, rarity, collector's item
Starting price:
EUR 1.500
Sold
EUR 1.600
tempera on wood, 700 silver, 74 x 45 cm, 74 Ã 45 cm
On the deep background of the icon, painted in green, is shown, below the waist, Saint Nicholas dressed in a blue tunic over which he wears a red brick felon and a white omophorion with red crosses. The right hand is used for blessing while his left hand, veiled, holds the Gospel. The face, rendered according to the iconography, is modelled in shades of ochre from dark brown to lighted parts painted with light ochre. Note the more graphic representation, according to the post-Brâncovenesc style. A halo of embossed silver decorated with plant motifs is applied over the halo.
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