A RUSSIAN SHAPED ICON OF THE CRUCIFIXION, 19TH CENTURY
the figure of Christ is presented nailed to the Suppedaneum cross, with the skull and bones of Adam painted beneath the crucifixion, the sun and the moon shown in the corners of the upper crossbeam, with Sabaoth depicted on the highest point of the cross. Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso on wood panel. 35.5 x 21 cm (14 x 8 1/4 in.)