Auction 127 / Lot 776

Title
SIGNIFICANT ART NOUVEAU ICON FROM THE PROPERTY OF THE REAL STATE COUNCILMAN P.G. ZHERDEVSKY: CHRISTIAN PANTOKRATOR WITH VERMEIL OCLAD
Origin
Russia, Moscow, Dmitry Smirnov, 1908-1917, dated 1913
Technique
Oil painting on wood, verso with velvet cover. Oklad of strongly chased and gilded silver
Dimension
32,2 x 26,3 cm (Icon), 41 x 73,5 cm
Reserve price
5,000 €
Hammer price
230,000 €
Description

Opened E. Hallmarked with the mark of the district inspection administration with fineness '84' and master's mark 'D.S.' in Cyrillic. On the original wooden case applied, partly lost Cyrillic inscription: 'To Pafnutij Georgiewitsch Zherdewskij 1863 26/IV 1913 from the colleagues of the administration office in Don'. Wooden case with separately worked and appliqué frame and stand on the reverse. Verso remains of an adhesive label with numbering 'No 155 / 15'.