Lot Essay
This icon, showing Christ floating above His open tomb, reflects the influence, starting in the late 18th century, of Western (Catholic) portrayals of the Resurrection.
RUSSIA, LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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A Carved Ivory Icon of the Resurrection**
Russia, last quarter of the 18th century
Rectangular, the central panel depicting the Resurrection of Christ, surrounded by panels depicting the Twelve Great Feasts of Orthodoxy, all within beaded borders, scrolling foliage and flowerheads, on a silk-lined wood panel
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high; 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) wide
Russia, last quarter of the 18th century
Rectangular, the central panel depicting the Resurrection of Christ, surrounded by panels depicting the Twelve Great Feasts of Orthodoxy, all within beaded borders, scrolling foliage and flowerheads, on a silk-lined wood panel
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high; 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Laurence A. Steinhardt, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, acquired during his tenure 1939-1941.
By descent through the family.
By descent through the family.
Literature
W. Salmond, exhibition catalogue, Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs, Washington, D.C., Hillwood Museum and Gardens, 2004, illustrated p. 35, No. 6 and p. 41, pl. 5.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs, June 1 to December 31, 2004.
Special notice
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