Northern paintings. Icons of Russian North. Apostle Peter. The icon from the wooden Church of the Prophet Elias in Vazentsy pogost on the River Onega. Second half of the XIII century. State Hermitage Museum. This icon formed part of an old kind of iconostasis with frontal, waist-length depictions of figures in the Deisis Tier (Deisus Chin, Deisis Row). Apostle Peter. The icon from the wooden Church of the Prophet Elias in Vazentsy pogost on the River Onega. Second half of the XIII or XIV century. State Hermitage Museum. This icon formed part of an old kind of iconostasis with frontal, waist-length depictions of figures in the Deisis Tier (Deisus Chin, Deisis Row).

Northern paintings. Icons of Russian North. Icon with the Ascension of the Prophet Elias and Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica from Pokrov Church (Lyadiny pogost, Kargopol district, Archangel region). Middle XVI century. State Hermitage Museum

Icon with the Ascension of the Prophet Elias and Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica from Pokrov Church (Lyadiny pogost, Kargopol district, Archangel region). Middle XVI century. State Hermitage Museum

Northern paintings. Icons of Russian North. Nikola Mozhayskiy (Saint Nicholas of Mozhaisk). Northern painting. Late XVI century. State Hermitage Museum

Nikola Mozhayskiy (Saint Nicholas of Mozhaisk). Northern painting. Late XVI century. State Hermitage Museum

Sophia the Holy Wisdom (Sophia the Sacred Wisdom). Russian icon. Northern painting. Private collection. Germany

Sophia the Holy Wisdom (Sophia the Sacred Wisdom). Russian icon. Northern painting. Private collection. Germany

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