Antique Icon of Saint John Chrysostomos the Evangelist and Saint Mary of Magdala

GREECE, LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.

12 3/4 x 10 in. (1.06 kg, 32.3 x 25.3 cm).

Rectangular wooden block with gesso-covered obverse; painted image of a standing figure in colourful robes on a dais, staff in one hand and the other resting on an open book on a shelf with other books upright; to one edge, a standing female clutching the edges of a shapeless cloak or shawl around her shoulders; to the other edge, a scribe in loose tunic and sandals with a draped mantle, holding a quill in his left hand and a book in his right; one corner damaged and repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2440