A Russian icon depicting The Mother of God with The Child. Tempera on wooden panel. 19th century. 35×26.

A Russian icon depicting The Mother of God with The Child. Tempera on wooden panel. 19th century. 35×26.

Provenance: The Danish seller's stepmother's parents, Arne Hammer and his Russian-born wife, Tatiana Konstantinova Hammer, née Martinson. Arne Hammer worked for the Great Northern Telegraph Company and travelled often to Russia in the 1920s. In Irkutsk, he met Tatiana, whom he married and moved to Denmark. Tatiana Hammer belonged to the Russian circles in Copenhagen.

Condition Report:
Mindre krakeleringer. Enkelte mindre revner i træet.