Seven-field domestic icon

tempera on board; wooden frame, plasterboard, 48 x 38 cm.
Russia, 19th century.
Image divided into seven quatrefoils, in three rows. At the top the scene of the ascension of Jesus Christ, on the sides images of the Mother of God with the Child: on the left Kazanskaya - Hodegetria type, on the right Vladimir - Eleusa (Umileniye) type. In the middle strip a council of saints - 9 figures.
In the center, a figure of St. Nikolai Mažaiisk - with a sword and a model of the city and Mažaiysk; according to legend, during the siege in the 15th century by the Moguls - the residents prayed for salvation to St. Nikolai the Miracle Worker; in turn, he appeared over the city and drove the invaders away.
In the bottom row figures of 3 holy women; on the left St. George on a white horse, fighting a dragon.
Wooden frame, profiled, traces of gilding.