Original tool engraving by Dmitry Pastukhov, mid-18th Century copper engraver, printed at the Solovetskii Monastaery, 1320 x 850 mm with margins, printed from seven copper plates, depicting a view of the Monastery in the center, with large figures of SS. Zosima and Savvaty overlooking the Monastery and surrounding buildings, the borders depicting scenes from the lives of SS. Zosima and Savvaty, signed and inscribed with date in Cyrillic in the plate bottom left, Shtikhoval na medi Dmitrei Pastukhov 765 pechatan v toy zhe lavry. Relined on acid-free Japanese paper. Good state, good condition.

REFERENCES
N. Sobko, Slovar Russkikh khudozhnikov, St. Petersburg, 1899, Vol. 3, p. 50
D. Rovinsky, Podrobnyi slovar' Russkikh graverov XVI-XIX vekov, St. Petersburg, 1895, Vol. 2, p. 759