For Sale St. Nicholas, handmade Russian icon, Moscow. 17th Century. HELLENISTIC PERIOD

For Sale St. Nicholas, handmade Russian icon, Moscow. 17th Century. HELLENISTIC PERIODIcon of St. Nicholas with Jesus Christ on the left side and Virgin Marry on the right side. Handmade Russian icon, Moscow. 17th C. Boarders background are cleaned to the gesso. The icon is in very good condition. It is made in four different levels, First wood, second canvas, third gold leaf and fourth the painting level. Size: 31x26 cm, 12. 2x10. 2 inch. This item comes with a certificate from The Israeli Antiquities Authority. Very little is known

This item is being sold by the Hamedian Gallery at Jerusalem

[1] These are the same traditions as accruing to the Hodegetria icon

according to the historian Herodotus

‘You are the light of the world

The Statue shows the unbearable burden of mothers' life and responsibilities

where he had served as a bishop and Nicholas's remains were moved to a sarcophagus in that church

The Presentation of the Theotokos

"of Tyre the holy [city] and [city] of refuge"

Duck askos

and the others belonging to the two thieves that died alongside Him

in Russia near Tikhvin in 1383

Wicks were commonly made from pieces of linen