Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 131:
The Prophet Nahum-The Annunciation
Part of Prophet/Festival tiers of an iconostasis, cat. nos 130-145
[NMI 20-35]
Late 17th century, Onega district, region of Novgorod, Kargopol (?)
NMI 21

Wood: Poplar (Populus sp.).
Two splines inlaid from opposite sides.

Inscriptions a t.: Eight horizontal lines
in white paint

EXHIBITIONS: Stockholm 1988, no 30
CONSERVATION: NM 1988: stopping
of damaged edges, blisters consolidated,
clean ing, retouching, varnishing. Crack
top centre of panel; minor losses of canvas,
ground and paint layers along the bottom
edge; insertions of coloured wax on background
and borders; uneven dark varnish
on background, borders, on the prophet’s
scroll and clothing; panel badly warped.
[slut]