Saint Nicholas surrounded with scenes from his life, 18th century

Saint Nicholas portrayed full length, holding the book of Gospels in his left hand, surrounded with sixteen scenes showing events in his life, from the upper left corner: birth of Nicholas; baptism of Nicholas; Nicholas cures the woman with the paralysed hand; Nicholas attends to school; being inaugurated as Bishop; Nicholas appearing in a dream to the Emperor Constantine; Nicholas exorcising the Devil from the spring; Nicholas prevents the execution of the three Generals; the rescue of the Merchant from Pskov; the rescue of ship wreck sailors during a storm; the rescue of Dimitri from drowning at sea; visit to the three Generals in prison; Nicholas returns the young Basil, captured by Arabs as a slave for the emir, to this parents; Nicholas saving a girl from dishonour; in Constantinople Nicholas buys the robe from an old, impoverished man, Kozlok to return it to the man's wife; funeral of Nicholas

The icon has been divided into parts, and then glued back together; background stripped to the gesso; repairs and some overpainting from the 19th century, modern retouching. We would advise prospective buyers to view the lot.
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