Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 265:
Saint Sophia The Divine Wisdom
Late 19th century, Palekh (?)
NMI 50

Wood: Alder (Alnus sp.), egg tempera.
Panel made of single board with two
splines inlaid across the panel.

Inscriptions a t.: Ink stamp of the
Soviet State Export Committee

PROVENANCE: A la vieille Russie, Paris; Olof
Aschberg 1928; Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
EXHIBITIONS: Malmö 1988, no 65
BIBLIOGRAPHY: A la vieille Russie 1928,
no 62; Kjellin 1933, p 50; Kjellin 1956,
pp 235, 261
CONSERVATION: Not restored. Superficial
damage along the border; artificial craque-
lure; varnish badly yellowed
[slut]