commonly represented as a Bishop, Nicholas dressed in richly decorated episcopal vestment with the cross-adorned omophorion, blesses the onlooker with his right hand while holding an open book in his left. The two figures in gilt medallions on either side refer to a vision before his election as a Bishop when Nicholas saw Christ on one side of him holding the Gospels, and the Mother of God on the other one holding out the vestments he would wear as a Bishop. St. Michael and St. Tikhon depicted on the left and right borders respectively. Massive halo and some of the adornments of the saint's tunic decorated with floral sgraffito. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on a wood panel. Two insert splints on the back. 53.5 x 45.4 cm (21 x 17 7/8 in.).