Depicting Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker with one hand raised in a blessing and the other holding the Gospel; the image of the saint enclosed in a wood kiot with a Russian Orthodox Cross-shaped clasp; the silver oklad extensively decorated with scrolling foliate enamel in polychrome shades. Egg tempera, gesso and gold leaf on wood panel, dimensions with the kiot open: 9.8 x 15.8 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.), dimensions of the icon by itself: 6.7 x 6.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.), illegible maker`s mark, assayer`s mark of Ilya Lebedkin, 84 standard

PROVENANCE
Collection of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960)
Collection of Prince Nikita Alexandrovich (1900-1974)
Collection of Prince Alexander Nikitich (1929-2002)