Roerich. "Proceedings of the Mother of God." £ 7, 9 million

Russian art becomes more expensive with each passing day: July 3 work Mashkov "Still Life with Fruit" sold at Christie's for £ 4, 7 million, set an absolute record value. July 5 this achievement was beaten by almost half. At Bonhams auction painting of Nicholas Roerich "Proceedings of the Mother of God" was sold for nearly £ 7, 9 million. The painting "Proceedings of the Virgin" is dated 1931 year. Executed in tempera on canvas work is a central web series, which also includes paintings of Roerich "Oriflamma Virgin" and "The Virgin Protector," written in 1932 and 1933 respectively. In this series, according to the International Center of the Roerich, an artist "planned to carry out a synthesis of all the iconographic representations of the Virgin Mary and to create a collective image of mothers, savior of all mankind." At the same auction June 5 was sold to the work of Alexander Volkov "Children of musicians." When Estima at £ 200- £ 400,000 it sold for two million pounds.