A RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON OF ASCENSION OF CHRIST, 19TH CEN.

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Orthodox Icon of Ascension of Christ hand painted in egg tempera on a wooden board. Central Russia, second half of the 19th century. Provenance: MacDougall’s, 5 June 2019 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House, lot 303. Bears original auction house paper labels verso.

Note: The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from Earth by rising to Heaven, in the presence of eleven of his apostles. According to the New Testament narrative, the Ascension occurred on the fortieth day counting from the resurrection.

21 1/8 X 16 in., (51 x 41 cm.)

Condition: Perfect.

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