A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE IVERSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD WITH SILVER OKLAD, ST. PETERSBURG, 1873

depicting the Iverskaya Mother of God, egg tempera and gesso on wood panel, overlaid with silver oklad, the raised halo and spandrels with pierced borders, marked with 84 standard, St. Petersburg town mark, date and assayer's mark I.E in Cyrillic for Ivan Yevstigneev, workmaster mark E.N in Cyrillic, the side of the oklad dedicated Blagoslovenie materi [Mother's ; overall dimensions: 29.5 x 24.7 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

PROVENANCE
Private collection, New York, since circa 1980s

CONDITION
In age-appropriate condition. Fine vertical crack to the painted panel on the Virgin's arm. Tarnish to the oklad, as apparent in catalogue illustrations.

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