Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 76:
"In Thee Rejoiceth"
Second half of 16th century, Moscow
NMI 141

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera.
Central part put into new panel with
two inlaid splines.

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 141;
Kjellin 1956, p 251
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: repainted in antiquarian manner
when put into new panel, probably ca
1900; bottom part of the recessed area
reconstructed

This subject, based on a hymn to
the Mother of God sung during the
Liturgy of St Basil the Great, was especially
popular in 16th century Russia.
The hymn-writer St John of Damascus
is shown in this iconography on the
right side, leading a group of holy men
and women. John the Baptist is depict -
ed in the corresponding position on
the left in this icon.1
In Kjellin’s catalogue from 1933, this
icon is listed as Dostoyno yest (It is proper).
1 Cf. cat. no 77, in which the hymn-writer has no
counterpart. For the iconography see St Petersburg
1995, p 127
[slut]