Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 154:
Saint Nicholas of Myra
17th century, repainted in 19th century
NMI 169

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

Inscriptions a t.: A) Incised in Cyrillic
letters: K PESHCHERSKOMU
MONASTY [R] / INOKU NA NIKOL
[...] (To the monk at the Monastery of
the Cave to Nikol [...] ); B) Ink stamp
of the Soviet State Export Committee

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 169;
Kjellin 1956, p 274
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: repainted in 19th century, probably
in an Old Believer workshop, scattered
retouches on background and borders; the
original depictions of Christ and the Moth -
er of God are uncovered later; NM 1962:
cracks right through the panel mended,
retouched, varnished. Scattered losses of
paint layers; uneven varnish; panel warped
and worm-eaten.
St Nicholas is shown half-length, hold -
ing an open book in his left hand. The
text comes from Luke VI:17.
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