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Icon "Saint John the Baptist"

ID:
566
Inventory number:
Ж-565 КН-52531
Type:
Paintings
Material:
wood, glass
Techniques:
oil paint, painting
Dimensions:
24x30.5 cm
Date of creation:
late 19th c. - early 20th c.
Preservation:
Damage to the oil layer, craquelure, slightly soiled; crack on the reverse, damage by wood-fretter, frame slightly soiled, kyot: damaged outer surface.
Location:
unknown
Provenance:
Act No. 37 dated 06/15/2001.
Date of record to the inventory book:
17.06.2001
Item description from the inventory book:
Rectangular in shape. Board without keys. Image is waist-length. The figure is turned 3/4 to the left. The head is slightly tilted. The right hand is raised up. In the left hand there is a crutch (staff) with a cross-shaped top, wrapped in a ribbon with the inscription: "This lamb in the earth" and a scroll with the inscription: "Repent, for He has come near." The halo is yellow. The chiton is brown. The cloak is green. The background is dark turquoise. The icon is in a golden frame. The kyot is wavy.