Early 18th-Century Russian Icon, Volga Masters (Circle), The Crucifixion Blue Signed illegibly (P…) /dated lower

Signed illegibly (P…) /dated lower left and held within a splendid period frame

such red trimming was associated with the Faculty of Theology

where a strip of brilliant gold radiates like a stoked fire

we see a woman carding wool

Frank Hill Smith

Early 18th-Century Russian Icon, Volga Masters (Circle), The Crucifixion Blue Signed illegibly (P…) /dated lowerThis exquisite and exceedingly rare early 18th century Russian Staurotek icon depicts The Crucifixion of Christ with an assemblage of saints, together with a 19th century copper cast eight pointed cross, inserted in the central recess. Due to the exceptional nature of this piece, we consulted Ilya Kushnirskiy, the Director of the Russian Icon Collection, who in turn contacted Anastasia V. Likhenko, Curator at the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Ms