Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 253:
The Miracle of Saint George
Second half of 19th century
NMI 194

Wood: Spruce (Picea sp.), egg tempera.
Panel made of two boards with two
splines inlaid from opposite sides.

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 194; Kjellin
1956, p 285; Moberg 1999, p 84
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: crack through the middle of the panel
repaired; scattered retouches, cleaned; NM
1959: laying down of blisters. Paint losses
along the edges; yellowed varnish; panel
warped.
This type of standardised, simplified
style is usually attributed to the iconpainting
village of Kholui.1

1 Cf. Tarasov 1995, fig. 35.
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