Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 151:
The Annunciation
17th century
NMI 155

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera.
Fragments of old painting put into
new panel of single board with two
splines inlaid across the panel.

Inscriptions a t.: Hand-written text in
black in Cyrillic letters: XVII VEK /
PISMO MOSKOVSKOYE /[...] (17th
in Moscow style / [...])

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 155;
Kjellin 1956, p 190
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: genuine fragments inserted into new
panel supplemented by new painting; NM
1969: paint flakes consolidated (B. Titov).
Gilding on frame abraded; varnish
yellowed
The decorative pattern of the inner
frame, the lettering etc. suggest that
this icon was renovated in an Old
Be liever workshop during the late 19th
or early 20th century, probably in
Mstera.
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