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LOT 0435
Cretan Wooden Icon of Christ Ecce Homo
VENETIAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
11 5/8 x 16 in. (1 kg, 29.7 x 40.8 cm).
Curved in section with mounting slots to reverse; gessoed board with gilt surface, reserved portrait bust in three-quarter view on a textured field with tendrils, scrolls and other ornament; nimbate Christ shown with shoulder-length auburn hair and short beard wearing layered robes.
Provenance
Ex Lucas Auctions, Milano, Italy.
From an important collection of icons.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12344-224611.
Literature
Cf. Weizmann, K. et al., The Icon, New York, 1982; Psilakis, N., Byzantine Churches and Monasteries of Crete, Heraklion, 1998; Popescu, G.A., Cristiani d'Oriente, spiritualità, arte e potere nell'Europa Post-Bizantina, Milano, 1999; also see the famous Ecce Homo of El Greco, in the Pathmos Monastery, in Chatzidakis, M., Icons of Patmos. Questions of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Painting, Athens, 1985, as a prototype.
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LOT 0435
Cretan Wooden Icon of Christ Ecce Homo
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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