Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso on wood panel, the icon bearing a vertical crack; overlaid with a chased and repoussé basma oklad finely decorated with intricate floral motifs including grape clusters and flowering vines, the crowned halo in high relief held up by winged angels; two insert splints on the back. 36.3 x 28.5 cm. (14 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

PROVENANCE
|Acquired in Moscow circa 1890-1910 by the Grandmother of the present owner
passed down in the family to the Mother of the present owner, who was born in Moscow and emigrated to Poland in 1925
thence by descent to the current owner, whose Mother emigrated from Poland in 1939