1660 - A MENOLOGICAL ICON FOR JUNE Russian, 17th century Tempera on wood panel with a double kovcheg. The four registers, beginning in the upper left corner, depict the saints and events commemorated in the Orthodox calendar during June, including Sts. Peter of Athos and Onuphrius the Great, both hermits. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist is depicted against an architectural backdrop. The vestments are decorated with various geometric patterns. The background and border have been stripped down to gesso. Minimally restored. 30.8 x 26 cm.

A MENOLOGICAL ICON FOR JUNE Russian, 17th century Tempera on wood panel with a double kovcheg. The four registers, beginning in the upper left corner, depict the saints and events commemorated in the Orthodox calendar during June, including Sts. Peter of Athos and Onuphrius the Great, both hermits. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist is depicted against an architectural backdrop. The vestments are decorated with various geometric patterns. The background and border have been stripped down to gesso. Minimally restored. 30.8 x 26 cm. FINE MONTHLY ICON: JUNE Russia, 17th century. Hardwood panel with two sponki on the reverse. Double kovcheg, levkas, egg tempera. 30.8 x 26 cm. The picture plane is divided horizontally into four registers, featuring full-length, frontal depictions of the saints and feasts of the month of June, including the Nativity of John the Baptist and the hermits Peter of Athos and Onophrius the Great. The robes of the elegantly elongated figures are richly ornamented. The faces, rendered in miniature painting style, are individualized in brown with highlights. The color of the background and border has faded; minimal restoration.