A RUSSIAN ICON OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, MOSCOW, 17TH CENTURY
Egg tempera and gesso on wood panel with kovcheg. One insert-splint on the back. 29.5 x 23.5 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
PROVENANCE
Acquired by the descendants of Alexander Ivanovich Nelidov (1835-1910), Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Italy and France
Collection of the Nelidov family to the present day