Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2513Location: BostonDate / Time: July 10, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Russian Icon Depicting the Baptism of Christ, 19th century, in stylized river landscape, 17 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.
Estimate $750-1,000
New cradling shims to back. Vertical shrinkage cracks at top and bottom. Paint restorations to upper left corner. Retouch to crack extending down from upper left, through text and saint's halo. scattered spots of in-fill and touch-ups. Varnished.