Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Mid-Century Modern The silver gilt interior having

The silver gilt interior having a pierced and engraved hinged cover which would have received a sponge with aromatic scent to smell

and in the aftermath of Gorky's suicide in 1948

The painting has been professionally relined

A important American Impressionist painting by Isabella Howland (1895-1974)

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Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Mid-Century Modern The silver gilt interior havingSOLD A large & fine antique early 19th century hand painted & gilded Greek Orthodox icon, egg tempera on panel, circa 1800. The icon with a central figural group of the Virgin & Jesus, the heavens above them with God & Jesus looking down, flanked with angels seated on clouds. The Virgin is surrounded by saints in gilded cartouches with Greek caligraphy, the Virgin also with a long ribbon with Greek caligraphy. The base with four panels; the two