Forefather Melchizedek and the Prophet Elijah

Iconography:  Elijah the Prophet, Melchizedek

Date: XVII century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Murom.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 96 cm, width 40 cm

The two-tier icon from the forefathers-prophets’ row portraying the Forefather Melchizedek and the Prophet Elijah holding scrolls predicting the coming of Christ.

Inv. № Ж-1592. © Radishchev State Art Museum, Saratov

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