Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 206:
The Mother of God of Kazan
Late 18th century
NMI 115

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera.
Panel made of single board with
two splines inlaid on battens; back
painted brown.

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 115;
Kjellin 1956, p 243
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: faces heavily repainted; scattered
inpaintings all over the icon; NM 1949: con -
servation of flaking and blisters. Damage,
with paint layer and ground losses, in bottom
left corner; uneven yellowish varnish;
surface abraded
Full-length representations of Arch -
bishop St Simeon (left) and the martyr
St Nikita (right) on the borders.
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