AUCTION 26: RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

AN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING WITH VIRGIN MARY 19TH C

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $300

Buyer's premium: 25%

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Antique painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a sword piercing her heart as a symbol of her sorrows. This iconography is called Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa). Painted in the European Catholic tradition. Presented in a gilt wooden frame.

Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 15 7/8 in., (52 x 40 cm.)

Condition: Canvas shows minor damage