A Monogramista AN ICON OF SAINT BARBARA

1863
Oil on wood, gilded silver
18,5 x 14,5 cm (h x w)

Icon of St. Barbara, hallmarked 84 zolotnik, marked Peter Stepanovich Chumakov, hallmark of St. George. Barbara of Nicomedia also Saint Barbara was a virgin and martyr in ancient Nicomedia, belonging to the fourteen holy helpers who were called especially in difficult times, for example during plague epidemics. The Orthodox Church celebrates it on December 4.