Fabergé, Imperial & Revolutionary Art

From the Loverdos Collection of Icons

An Italo-Cretan icon of St Jerome and the Lion, attributed to Angelos Pitzamanos or his circle, Crete, circa 1500

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Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Bid

4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

depicting the saint kneeling with the lion before a crucifix at the opening of a desert cave, a gilt ground, apparently unsigned

14.5 by 11.5cm; 5 7/8 by 4 1/2 in.

Sotheby's London, 15 June 1995, lot 137

The Loverdos Collection of Icons

Compare with a less finely painted panel of the same subject in the Ravenna Museum: see here.

Angelos Pitzamanos or Bitzamanos was born in Candia, where he studied under Andreas Pavias. He later lived and worked in southern Italy.

For a fascinating and detailed examination of the subject of Saint Jerome and the Lion and its place in Eastern and Western painting, see Dimitra Kotoula https://www.iconmuseum.org/british-museum-icons/icon-with-st-jerome/.

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

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