Three Part Travelling Icon with the Descent from the Cross, the Entombment, and the Assembly of the Archangel Michael. , 18th century
18th century
11 x 29 cm (open)
no. 3138
£ 1,470.00
Inscriptions: L-R Снятие Господа нашего Иисуса Христа со Креста
The Taking Down of Our Lord Jesus Christ from the Cross;
The Taking Down of Our Lord Jesus Christ from the Cross;
The Pomors (Russian: помо́ры), are an ethnographic group traditionally thought to be descended from Russian settlers, primarily from Novgorod, living on the White Sea coast. Pomoriye is famous as a land of fairy tales, legend and myth and in the 18th century a stronghold of the Old Believer faith.
Provenance
Collection of Ronnie O’GormanTemple Gallery, Spring 2009