ICON 'THE HOLY PROPHETS ELIE AND ALEXIS OF ROME CALLED THE MAN OF GOD' Northern Russia (Northern Dvina), second half of the 18th century wood, levkas, tempera 75.5 x 34 cm Condition: good overall condition, some minor on the levkas and the paint layer pictorial layer The images of the saints are overshadowed by the image of Emmanuel the Saviour who blessing them. The icon was painted in the Russian North at the height of its culture and craftsmanship in the second half of the 18th century. Nothing disturbs the ultimate expression ultimate expression of this style: original strength, energy and asceticism of the images, the elongated, over-bleached, dried-out bodies to the transformation of anatomy into ornament ICON 'SAINT ELIJAH THE PROPHET AND SAINT ALEXIUS OF ROME' The Russian North (Northern Dvina), second half of the 18th century wood, levkas, tempera 75.5 x 34 cm Condition: overall in good condition, some small restoration of levkas and paint layer The images of the saints are overshadowed by the image of Emmanuel the Saviour blessing them. The icon was painted in the Russian North at the height of its culture and crafts in the second half of the 18th century. With nothing to confuse the ultimate expression of this style: the original strength, energy and asceticism of images, elongated, over-whitened bodies, dried up to the transformation of anatomy in the ornament.