Resurrection (front), Saint Elijah (reverse)
Maestro del XVIII Secolo
Oil on silk · 48 x 39 cm
Artist
Maestro del XVIII Secolo
Profile
The designation Maestro del XVIII Secolo refers to an unnamed eighteenth-century artist position rather than to a secured individual biography. The entry is therefore treated as a historical and attribution-related catalogue record.
Work character and art-historical classification
Resurrection (front), Saint Elijah (reverse) is interpreted through iconography, technique and object character. Its double-sided structure and religious subject matter connect the collection to older devotional and cultural image traditions.
Significance for the collection
Within I tesori della Russia, this position marks the historical depth of the collection. It shows that the holdings touch not only modern and Soviet art but also older religious and cultural forms of image-making.
Works in the collection
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