Icon - "Saint John the Baptist the Angel of the Desert" - Wood

Ancient Russian icon of SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST "The Angel of the Desert" FROM 18th century.

Condition as per original photos of the product offered, very nice
Rear table with woodworm holes definitively eliminated

Rare iconography on panel with the refined technique of a master of the Palekh school

Measurements 31 x 26 x 2 cm

The painting on a panel represents the icon of Saint John the Baptist, the Angel of the desert. The saint indicates with his right hand the Lamb of God, that is, Christ in the guise of a newborn baby. In this example, various moments of his life, from birth to beheading, created with the refined technique of a master of the Palekh school of the time
Painting on a gold background represents a continuation of the miniaturist painting of the end of the 1600s.
The particular lightness of the complementary color tones instead marks the taste of his era, as can be seen from the detail of the cold blues of the mantle and the landscape, as well as from the purple tones that appear in almost all the scenes