Sale 5922
London, South Kensington
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24 February 2009
Price realised
GBP 8,125
Estimate
STS. SISINNIUS AND MARON ATTENDING THE MIRACLE OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CURING THE VIRGINS SUFFERING FROM FEVER RUSSIAN, 19TH CENTURY In the foreground the suffering Virgins bathing in a pool, the youthful Archangel Michael in a serpentine posture stirring the water with his lance topped with a cruciform finial, the miracle attended by the elderly St. Sisinnius presenting a Bible and the blessed monk Maron dressed in the Great Schema; the figures executed in detail with elaborate gold ornamentation 12¼ x 10½ in. (31 x 26.7 cm.)
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