Saint Nicholas
Artist
Unknown
CultureRussian
Date19th century
MediumOil, gilding, and enamel on wood
Dimensions11 3/4 × 10 × 1 3/4 in. (29.8 × 25.4 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Irene Leache Memorial Foundation
Object number2014.3.7
Not on view
DescriptionOil on board (wood panel) with gilt silver and enamel guard; depicts a 19th century Russian icon.ProvenanceGift of the Irene Leache Memorial Foundation to the Chrysler Museum of Art, March 2014.Exhibition HistoryIrene Leache Room, Chrysler Museum of Art, 1955. "Byzantium to Russia, the origins and development of Russian Icons 1200 to 1900," Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA, May 15 - September 12, 2015. "Saints and Dragons: Icons from Byzantium to Russia," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 2, 2015 - January 10, 2016. Published References#23 in the Irene Leache Art Collection Catalog, 1914, p. 7.
