Frogabilia

Description

ANTIQUE 18-19c HAND PAINTED RUSSIAN ICON
Saints: Kosmas & Damianos
St. Cosmas and St. Damian standing either side of a church with a crypt,
beholding the visage of Christ above.
Tempera on Gesso applied on wood panel
At the back it bears label in Turkish from the Museum of Hagia Sofia in Constantinople
from 1923 that permits the export of this icon from the country.
Hagia Sofia held many Russian Icons as the Russian Church was under the Patriarch
of Constantinople since Byzantine Times.
Dimensions:
32 x 38 cm
Condition:
The icon has been restored professionally at some point of its life.
It has also been treated for historic woodwarm.
Few scuffs here and there.
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