Icon of St. Nicholas; tempera and gesso on wood; oak basma and frame later (19th century) addition; overall length 44 cm, width 18.5 cm
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Russia
Verbatim coll. place:
Russia
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Oak, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Icons (devotional images)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 27, 1902
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #30: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 12, 1975–February 4, 1976)