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Veil with the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Reverends Anthony and Feodosy of Pechery

Veil with the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Reverends Anthony and Feodosy of Pechery

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Artist/Maker
Unknown (Russian)
Title
Veil with the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Reverends Anthony and Feodosy of Pechery
Date
late 19th-early 20th century
Material & Process
Silk, satin, and gold and silver thread embroidery on silk on canvas
Dimensions
20 1/2 x 28 1/4 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mia Grosjean from the Joseph E. Davies collection
Inventory No.
2019.46.1
Classification
Miscellanea
Location
Russia

Related

Uspensky-Svensky Monastery (Suponevo, Bryansk Oblast, Russia); possibly in the 1920s, removed from Uspensky-Svensky Monastery (no later than 1926, when the monastery was shut down); 1937-1938, acquired in Russia by Ambassador Joseph E. Davies or Emlen Knight Davies (Grosjean Evers) [daughter of Ambassador Joseph E. Davies]; ca. 1980, gifted by Emlen Knight Davies (Grosjean Evers) to her daughter, Mia Grosjean (Washington, DC); 2019, gifted to the Chazen Museum of Art.

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