The Vernicle and eight selected feasts
Russia, circa 1800
Painted in strong colours in three registers, the Vernicle flanked by the Crowning of the Mother of God and the Feodorovskaia Mother of God, the upper register with the Old Testament Trinity flanked by the Annunciation and the Pokrov, the lower register with the Council of the Archangel Michael flanked by Saints Nicholas and Kharalampii, on gilt ground, with four saints on the borders
21.1/8 x 18.5/8 in. (53.7 x 47.3 cm.)