Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 64
The Appearance of the Angel to the Myrrh-Bearing Women
Middle of 16th century, partly repainted in 19th century, Moscow
NMI 250

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera.
Central part inlaid into new panel
made of single board with three splines
inlaid from opposite sides.

Inscriptions a t.: A) Paper labels:
1.With printed text in Cyrillic letters:
GOSUDARSTVENNAYA TRETYAKOVSKAYA
GALEREYA [N] 388;
2.Hand-written in ink: 54627 / 870. ;
3.Printed in Cyrillic letters: [O]TDEL
(avdelning) / [...] / GIM / 2542 / [ ...] ;
4.Hand-written in ink: c / 9310 / 75:- ;
5.Hand-written in ink: 2542; 6. Handwritten
in ink in Cyrillic letters: XV
V[EK]. Novgor[od] (15th century Novgorod);
B) Painted on the panel in red
in Cyrillic letters: 12815 GTG

PROVENANCE: State Historic Museum
(GIM) no 2542; Tretyakov Gallery no 12815
and no 388; Antiquariat c. 9310 (”Novgoroder
Schule des 15. Jahrh.”); Olof Aschberg
1935; Gift of O. Aschberg 1952
EXHIBITIONS: Gothenburg 1970, no 12; Helsinki
1970, no 12; Stockholm 1973, no 88
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1956, pp 195, 221;
Reuterswärd 1973, pp 111–112; Abel 1998,
pp 11, 21, 33, 57–58
CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering
NM: central part of painting inserted into:
new panel; retouches on rocks, figures
and part of the background; crack through
lower left part of panel mended with new
wood and retouched; artificial craquelure
on halos; NM 1959: nail holes in halos,
background and borders filled in and re -
touched, dark varnish removed, retouch es
(B. Titov). Gilding on background and
borders abraded.

For a commentary on the iconography,
see cat. no 65.