Nicholas the Wonderworker, with the Selected Saints

Iconography:  Selected saints, Nicholas (oplechny)

Date: XVII century. Late XVIIth – early XVIIIth centuries

Iconographic school/art center:  Kargopolye

Origin: from the Nikolskaya church (1666) in the village of Volosovo, Kargopolsky district, Archangelskaya region

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 47 cm, width 45,7 cm

In the centerpiece is shown shoulder-length depiction of saint Nicholas. On the borders is the depiction of the three selected saints: Mary Magdalene, Apostle Silvanus and unknown Apostle.

Registration number ДРЖ-1284. © State Museum Association «Art Culture of the Russian North»

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