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Dormition of the Virgin, Oil on Canvas
Ref: 1855
A large and decorative oil on canvas in original oak frame, very good original condition, lovely composition and sumptuous predominantly midnight blue colour harmony. The traditional icon subject matter, the Death of the Virgin but not called the Death but the Dormition owing to the fact our the holiness of Christ’s Mother, her soul went directly to Heaven without it being weighed in the balance. The child in the arms of God or Christ is in fact not the Christ child but the soul of Mary.
Bohemia 18th/early 19th cent.
H: 96cm (37.8in)
W: 140cm (55.1in)
D: 3cm (1.2in)
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