Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 148:
The Saviour Enthroned in Glory
From a Deesis tier of an iconostasis
Late 17th century, Yaroslavl (?)
NMI 36

Wood: Poplar (Populus sp.), egg tempera
on canvas. Panel made of two
boards with two splines inlaid from
opposite sides.

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 36;
Kjellin 1956, pp 156, 171
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM; NM 1956: conservation for blistering.
Crack in joint, crack right through from
the lower edge upwards, to the right of
centre; abrasions, losses of paint layers and
old insertions all over the surface.

This icon was probably the central
panel in a Deesis tier of an iconostasis
or possibly in some other polyptich.
The text in the book held open by
Christ comes from Matt. XXV:34–35.
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