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RUSSIAN, MARK OF KUZMA KONOV, MOSCOW, 1908-17
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ST. GEORGE
RUSSIAN, MARK OF KUZMA KONOV, MOSCOW, 1908-17
The saint riding a white horse, wearing a lamellar cuirass, military boots and a floating cape, the red reins of the horse matching the colour of the saint's spear, the latter being plunged into the bleeding mouth of the winged serpent, at the far right the rescued Princess Elisaba standing at the gate of the city-walls, the event taking place at a rocky landscape with sparse vegetation and a pond in the foreground, against a green background, painted delicately with earth colours, the garments decorated with gold, set in a silver riza, the borders with inserted filligree panels and hardstone bosses, the halo inset with amethyst and acquamarine
10½ x 8¾ in. (26.7 x 22.25 cm)
RUSSIAN, MARK OF KUZMA KONOV, MOSCOW, 1908-17
The saint riding a white horse, wearing a lamellar cuirass, military boots and a floating cape, the red reins of the horse matching the colour of the saint's spear, the latter being plunged into the bleeding mouth of the winged serpent, at the far right the rescued Princess Elisaba standing at the gate of the city-walls, the event taking place at a rocky landscape with sparse vegetation and a pond in the foreground, against a green background, painted delicately with earth colours, the garments decorated with gold, set in a silver riza, the borders with inserted filligree panels and hardstone bosses, the halo inset with amethyst and acquamarine
10½ x 8¾ in. (26.7 x 22.25 cm)
来源
Given by the Prince Georgi Konstantinovich of Russia, son of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia and the Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna, to his English tutor, Mr. Denison of Eaton Hall, Nottingham; thence by descent to the present owner
刻印
The silver plate on the back of the icon inscribed: God bless you, Georges
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