Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 286:
Saint Nicholas of Myra
19th century
NMI 232

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

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: crack through the middle of the panel
repaired with new wood; retouches. Heavy
loss of paint layers along a crack in the
middle and on the edges; darkened, grimy
varnish.
The text on the open book comes from
Luke VI:17.
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