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Two panels from a large iconostasis register. Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Russian, 17th century. 76 x 49.5 cm (Sale 216, Lot 410)

Two panels from a large iconostasis register. Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The panels with onion-domes. The Old Testament figures represented half length, turning towards the center where an image of the Mother of God would have been displayed. They are holding an unrolled scroll inscribed with the prophetic words. Teir faces and beards rendered delicately. The garments decorated with bejewelled hems. With a gold halo defined a red rim. The background and border stripped, losses, paint blisterings, restorations