42. Icon on glass, "The Crucifixion of the Lord", painter Ioan Pop, Făgăraș, first half of the 19th Century, extreme rare piece, from the collection of the literary critic Șerban Cioculescu
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42. Icon on glass, "The Crucifixion of the Lord", painter Ioan Pop, Făgăraș, first half of the 19th Century, extreme rare piece, from the collection of the literary critic Șerban Cioculescu
tempera and silver foil on glass, 51 x 44 cm
Research information
In the present, two similar icons are known, but newer than this one, in private collections, published in the "... Through me, Ioan Pop the Painter"), by Ioana Rusoiu, Elena BÄjenaru, Ana Dumitran and SzÅcs Fülöp Károly, Alba Iulia, 2008, p. 121, pos. 114 and 115.
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