A RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, PALEKH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY depicted as the Angel of the Desert, Saint John the Baptist is shown wearing a camel skin under his himation, raising one hand in a didactic gesture and holding a scroll in the other. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on wood panel with a kovcheg. Two insert splints on the back (both missing). 34 x 28 cm (13 3/8 x 11 in.)