Icon of Saint Nicholas of Myra. End of the 17th century. Around the central icon of St. Nicholas the Thaumaturgist, twelve vignettes of events from his Life with from left to right and from top to bottom: St. Nicholas' birth (1), St. Nicholas' Baptism (2), St. Nicholas entrusted to a tutor (3), elevation to the priesthood (4), appearance to the Emperor Constantine while he sleeps (5), appearance to three men (officers) in prison (6), St. Nicholas stops the sword of the executioner (7), rescue of the ship from the wreck (8), rescue of the child Dimitri from the bottom of the sea (9), deliverance of Basil son of Agric from the captivity of the Saracens (10), death of the Saint (11) and transfer of his relics to Bari (12). This type of icon is called icon of St. Nicholas of Zaraisk. Tempera on wood. Panel with a kovcheg. 37 x 30,5 cm Restorations and repaints. [Russian art]