Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 214:
The Archangel Michael with Saint Flor and Saint Lavr
18th century, repainted in 19th century
NMI 195

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera
on canvas, metal halos. Panel made of
two boards with two splines inlaid
from opposite sides.

Inscriptions a t.: Ink stamp of the
Soviet State Export Committee

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 195; Kjellin
1956, p 289
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: painting replaced with relief pattern
in gilded plaster of Paris, probably reiterat -
ing the original motif; faces and hands
painted. Lower part of surface abraded.
This icon depicts only the three fig -
ures, without the customary accompagnying
horses.1 In the middle of the
top edge is a depiction of the Old Testament
Trinity. On this icon only the
faces and hands are painted, the rest of
the motif being rendered in relief.

1 Cf. cat. no 93
[slut]