A large Russian Stavrotek icon with depictions of the descent from the cross and the entombment of Christ, mid 19th C.

44,5 x 36,8 cm (the icon)

27 x 13,4 (the bronze enamel cross)

Provenance:

- This icon was part of the exhibition 'Ikonen in Belgisch particulier bezit', which ran from June 10 - August 15 1978 at the Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent (exhibition number 802). 

Ref.:

- Edmond Voordeckers (ed.), Ikonen in Belgisch particulier bezit, Ghent 1978, pag. 239, nr. 802.