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Icon of the Holy Martyr Lyudmila. Tempera and...

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Icon of the Holy Martyr Lyudmila. Tempera and gold on wood. In its 84 zolotniks (875 thousandths) vermeil oklad. Moscow, circa 1890. Goldsmith : Antip KUZMICHEV. Preserved in its blackened and gilded wooden kiot. Gross weight: 896.37 g H: 22.5 x W: 18 cm (excluding kiot) The martyred saint Lyudmila is the first Christian princess of the Czech Republic, considered the patron saint of Christian grandmothers, mothers and teachers. She is surmounted by the Mandylion.