The Archangel Michael of the Apocalypse Russia, 17th century
Lot 172
The Archangel Michael of the Apocalypse
Russia, 17th century
£5,000 - 7,000
US$ 6,600 - 9,200

Russian Sale

28 Nov 2012, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street
Lot Details
The Archangel Michael of the Apocalypse
Russia, 17th century
the Archangel with wings outspread wearing a crown decorated with precious stones, sits astride a winged red horse, in his left hand holding a censer and a lance with cruciform terminal, and in his right the closed Book of Life, an arched rainbow spanning between them; he sounds a trumpet to signal the Day of Judgement as he transfixes the devil who crawls beneath the fore legs of his rearing horse, whilst behind Babylon is represented falling into the abyss; in the top left-hand corner, a cloud-borne image of a hand proffering a disc supporting an image of Christ Emmanuel above an altar: the background and raised borders stripped to the gesso
31.8 x 26cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/4in).

Footnotes

  • The offered lot can be compared with a panel from the collection of Pavel Korin attributed to the first half of the 17th century (V.I.Antonova, Drevnerusskoe Iskusstvo v Sobranii Pavel Korin, Moscow 1966, No.98, p.120-21, pl.116.); and a similar icon previously in the De Wijenburgh Collection, Holland, (Hetty J. Roozemond-van Ginhoven, Ikon:Inspired Art – Icons from the 'De Wijenburgh' Collection, Echteld 1980, no.73).
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