The icon depicts Saint John the Forerunner in the iconography of "Angel of the desert". Saint John the Forerunner depicted half-figured with wavy hair and wings holding in his right hand a chalice with his own lifeless head. In his left hand is a scroll with the beginning of verse from Matthew 3:2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." St. John is depicted as an "earthly Angel" and a "heavenly man" according to the hymnography of the Church for his feast. His wings symbolize his Angelic pure manner of life. Saint John preserved by the Lord in the dessert.
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- ID#: 12-RSMIS-55
- Size: 17 1/2 x 14 3/4 in (44.5 x 37.5 cm)
- Age: ca. 1900
- Origin: Icon painting village of Kholui
- Materials: Egg tempera on silvered and gessoed wood
- Price: SOLD!
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