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| Keywords: Russian - Triptych Icon of Christ, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Blaise - Walters 44408.jpg Fitted with two rings for suspension a hook and a hasp this small icon can be closed and hung round one's neck as a token of piety and divine protection Open it can be used as a prayer image Christ and two bishop saints most probably Nicholas of Myra and Blaise of Sebaste bless the viewer with their right hands The Savior holds an open book with the words Come to me all you that are weary Matthew 12 28 century 17 Early Modern tempera on wood silver silver filigree enamel cm 7 5 18 1 9 accession number 44 408 1349 Alexandre Polovtsoff Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin Russia Walters Art Museum license 3D Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Religious art in Russia Art of the Russian Orthodox Church Russian icons in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Skladen | ||||
