Russian Icon Depicting Four Patron Saints

Description:

Russian Icon Depicting Four Patron Saints, late 19th/early 20th century, the standing figures with Christ above, to a gilt ground, framed, icon 7 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.
Estimate $400-600

With cloth backing (may have had riza). Re-finished. Craquelure. Paint loss (particularly to face of figure second from right). Scattered inpainting (particulaly to face of right figure). Scattered small cracks to panel. Not examined out of frame.


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