A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE CRUCIFIXION WITH A BRASS AND ENAMEL INSERTION, 19TH CENTURY the canonic scene of the Crucifixion of Jesus is chiseled in a brass plaque with polychrome enamel, it is incorporated into the painted composition with two seraphims inside of the kovcheg, Saint John and Saint Paraskeva depicted on the left and the right sides of the border. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on wood panel with a kovcheg. Two insert splints on the top and the bottom. 35.1 x 27 cm (12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)