Antique Russian icon depicting Saint John the Baptist as Saint John the Forerunner (Ioann Predtecha), clothed in camel hair garb, with his right hand in benediction, and his left hand holding a cross and a written scroll, his figure set against a richly tooled gilded ground. Egg tempera and gesso on wood panel with two insert splints on back; 35.5 x 31 cm. (14 x 12 1/4 in.) Condition: very good