ST. CYRILL AND ST. METHODIUS
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Two saints dressed as Fathers of the Church and holding scrolls. They are identified by inscriptions as Saints Cyril and Methodius, who first converted the Slavs. Above is the head of Christ. Background is gold and border is greenish.
- Object name:
- ST. CYRILL AND ST. METHODIUS
- Made from:
- Tempera on wood
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.
- Size:
- 10.8 × 8.4 cm (4 1/4 × 3 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 54.80
- Class:
- ICON
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on recto: "PR. KIRILL"; "ST. MEFODII"; "IS KHR"
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966