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This anonymous icon painter created small devotional panels like Icoana îl reprezintă pe Sf. Nicolae in the old Byzantine tradition. Naïve in style, the work shows Saint Nicholas blessing with his left hand while holding an open Gospel, a reversed image the painter didn’t correct.

Bold reds and greens pop against the off-white background, framed by a simple floral border. The back is a thin fir panel, ready for a shelf or niche. Tap the work title to see how its raw colors and flat figures fit into the local folk art of its place and time.