the icon depicts Abraham and Sarah welcoming three pilgrims for a meal, the pilgrims are disguised messenger angels of God, the center of the background is occupied by an oak tree for which the village of Mamre is famous, the background with elaborately tooled ivy designs, the edges with painted Neo-Russian designs. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on wood panel. Two insert splints on the edges. 31.3 x 26.5 cm (12 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)