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A RUSSIAN ICON OF FOUR PRAYING SAINTS, PSKOV SCHOOL, 16TH-17TH CENTURY ,
the four saints shown gathered together in a prayer, the foreground presents a Bishop saint holding a Gospel on the left and Venerable Alexander Svirsky on the right, with two saints wearing monk`s vestments behind them, all gazing at the Old Testament Trinity in the hypostasis of the Angels depicted in the upper center. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on wood panel with a kovcheg. One insert splint on the back. 24 x 17.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)