A Russian icon of 'The Mother of God of the Sign', 19th century, frontal, with a prominent halo, with her hands raised in prayer, on her chest the half-figure of Christ Emmanuel in a circular aureole, blessing and holding a scroll, the garments of the Mother of God in rich colours with finely executed golden hems and folds, tempera paint on rectangular wooden panel, slightly warped, the back with two shponki recesses. Length 39 cm, width 32 cm