Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 285:
Selected Saints venerating the Mother of God
19th century
NMI 136

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera
on canvas. Panel made of single board
with two splines inlaid from opposite
sides (both lost).

Inscriptions a t.: Hand-written text in
pencil: N 22

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
EXHIBITIONS: Gävle 1970, no 2
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 136; Kjellin
1956, p 247
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: scattered retouches; NM 1970: large
blisters in the middle and flaking paint
consolidated, retouchings. Yellowish varnish;
panel warped.
The seven saints – six apostles and a
female martyr – depicted here pray to
an icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria
painted on the top edge of the
border. They are, from left: Parmenas,
Paul, Prokhor, Peter (in the centre),
Nicanor, Aquilina and Timon.
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