The saint is depicted in consultation with Christ. Egg tempera and gesso on wood panel with a kovcheg. Two insert splints on the back. 31.5 x 27 cm. ( 12 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)


PROVENANCE:
Purchased by the Mother of the current owner in Russia during the 1920s; thence by descent in Family Collection.
LOT NOTES:
During the late 1920s, shortly after the Russian Revolution, two young New York society women, sisters Adelaide and Helen Hooker secretly traveled to Russia