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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.53
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Triptych of the Virgin, Christ, and Saint John the Baptist
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Deesis
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
icon
Date
1826
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Russia, St. Petersburg
Culture
Russian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228906

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted panels in hinged bronze frame that folds out, with gilded silver overlay
Dimensions
10 x 9.2 x 4.1 cm (3 15/16 x 3 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
open: 10 x 26.5 x 4.1 cm (3 15/16 x 10 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Master Andreev Feodor
  • manufacturer's mark: stamped: M dot K underlined over 1826 [= Michail Karpinsky (assayer); see #1165 from Postnikova-Loseva, Platonova, and Ulianova, "L'Orfèverie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss." Moscow: Edition "NAUKA" , 1983]
  • manufacturer's mark: stamped: O with I through it dot A [= Andreev Feodor; see #1420 from Postnikova-Loseva, Platonova, and Ulianova, "L'Orfèverie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss." Moscow: Edition "NAUKA" , 1983]
  • manufacturer's mark: stamped: Stalk with trefoil with crossed tools (hammer and ?) [= St. Petersburg 1818 - 1864, see #1143 from Postnikova-Loseva, Platonova, and Ulianova, "L'Orfèverie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss." Moscow: Edition "NAUKA" , 1983]
  • manufacturer's mark: stamped: cross within a circle, 8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip M. Lydig, Purchased in Russia, 1917, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1930.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Philip M. Lydig
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.53
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Left panel: the Virgin; center: Christ; right: John the Baptist. Integral loops at top of case at left and center panels-- possibly to secure the triptych closed?

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