This wonderful piece of Saint Nicholas of Myra features beautiful gold leaf work and very fine hairline brushstrokes. This piece is in pristine condition. Here Saint Nicholas is depicted as an Orthodox bishop, wearing the omophorion and holding a Gospel Book, sometimes he is depicted wearing the Eastern Orthodox mitre, sometimes he is bareheaded. Iconographically, Nicholas is depicted as an elderly man with a short, full white beard and balding head. In commemoration of the miracle attributed to him by tradition at the Ecumenical Council of Nicea, he is sometimes depicted with Christ over his left shoulder holding out a Gospel Book to him and the Theotokos over his right shoulder holding the omophorion. For more information please contact us at hamedian1@yahoo.com. Size: 57 x 46cm Date: Middle 18th Century.

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