Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in a miter, nicknamed winter. A realistic image of a saint is given with a blessing gesture and a bible in hand. The figure, painted in oil, stands out in contrast against the gold embossed, intricately ornamented background. Colorfully sets off and complements the soft semicircle of golden glow, the blue palette of the pattern, imitating the enamel along the margins of the icon.
Cypress, gesso, gilding, oil. The turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Material:
Wood, gesso, gilding, oil
Period:
At the turn of 19th -20th century
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