Icon, Virgin of Deesis - Wood - 19th century

Very beautiful 19th century Russian icon on the theme of the Virgin of Deesis who intercedes with Christ in favour of the poor fishermen that we are. . . The icon is of a very beautiful quality of workmanship, the details are of great finesse (see in particular the rendering of the face modelling and the neck roundness of the Virgin) . Technique: Tempera painting on panel, gold highlights Wear, heavily cracked, but overall well preserved. Provenance: private German collection Neat packaging and secure shipping with tracking number.