A MONUMENTAL RUSSIAN ICON OF THE CRUCIFIXION, 18TH CENTURY the central figure of Christ is presented nailed to the cross, at the bottom of the composition beneath the cross lie the scull and bones of Adam, in the background is painted a Russian city in place of the Biblical Jerusalem, the sun and the moon reside in the upper left and right corners of the composition, respectively. Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso on wood panel with a kovcheg. Two insert splints on the back. 98 x 69.7 cm (38 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)