John the Baptist, St.

Iconography:  John the Forerunner, prophet and baptist

Date: XVII century. Mid/third-quarter of the 17th c.

Iconographic school/art center:  Murom

Origin: From Trinity Convent in Murom.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 87 cm, width 25 cm

An icon from the Deesis tier. The full-length figure of John the Baptist in prayer. 


Deposited in the Museum on February 10, 1930. Restored in the Grabar Restoration Center in 1989 by T.M.Mosunova 

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