Fabergé, Imperial & Revolutionary Art

From the Loverdos Collection of Icons

An icon of St Vlasios, Crete, circa 1600

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Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Bid

5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

a bust portrait, his shoulders draped with the Episcopal maphorion, painted against a gilt background, unsigned

21.5 by 15.5cm; 8 1/2 by 6 1/8 in.

Helen Hooker Roelofs, acquired in Soviet Russia when she was travelling there with her sister Adelaide in July to September 1930

Sotheby's London, 15 June 1995, lot 39

The Loverdos Collection of Icons

Helen Hooker Roelofs (1905-1993) was an American sculptor and painter who spent much of her life in Ireland, where she made portrait sculptures of many famous figures, including Éamon de Valera.

We are grateful to Ivan Samarine for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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