Russian Icon Depicting Jesus

A face on a cloth, held up by two angels who look slightly worried.

Russian painters made this icon of Jesus on a wooden panel in the 19th century. The type shows the face of Christ on a cloth, a subject known in Orthodox tradition as the Image Not Made by Hands. Here the face is framed by a cross-marked halo and the cloth hangs in soft folds, held at the top corners by two small winged angels. A Cyrillic inscription runs below the face. The panel is dark and chipped at the lower edge, with a raised border around the painted field.

About 12 inches tall and 11 inches wide. Quiet, dark and watchful.