RUSSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Icon: Mother of God - miraculous images.Oil and gold ground on panel.36 × 31.5 cm.Provenance:
- Swiss private collection.
- Sale Koller, Zurich, 8.12.2020, Lot 6006.
- Swiss private collection.
Condition:
Oil and goldground on panel. Panel slightly convex. Two battens are affixed on the reverse. Wormholes, scratches and a vertical hairline crack to the right of the reverse. Lower left corner damaged. Paint surface with a network of craquelure, colour losses and abrasion mark, particularly on the gold ground. Nicks and some partial colour losses along the edges.
Under UV: several retouching visible. Varnish appears in fluorescent green.
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Icon: Mother of God - miraculous images.Oil and gold ground on panel.36 × 31.5 cm.Provenance:
- Swiss private collection.
- Sale Koller, Zurich, 8.12.2020, Lot 6006.
- Swiss private collection.
Condition:
Oil and goldground on panel. Panel slightly convex. Two battens are affixed on the reverse. Wormholes, scratches and a vertical hairline crack to the right of the reverse. Lower left corner damaged. Paint surface with a network of craquelure, colour losses and abrasion mark, particularly on the gold ground. Nicks and some partial colour losses along the edges.
Under UV: several retouching visible. Varnish appears in fluorescent green.