Wonderful Antique Russian Icon Painting on Tin, Saint Nicholas and Saint Michael handprinted trasferire cup but no cracks or splits

but no cracks or splits

Lots going on with this antique whimsy

and a nice patina

Perhaps this one was done in a school art class

Wonderful Antique Russian Icon Painting on Tin, Saint Nicholas and Saint Michael handprinted trasferire cup but no cracks or splitsI've always got an eye out for religious icon paintings on tin, but rarely come across one I love as much as this large one, which is Russian (though much faded, there is painted Russian text in white above each figure) and depicts St. Nicholas at left and St. Michael at right. Saint Nicholas of Bari patron saint of children, sailors, and travelers (and the prototype of Father Christmas) is especially popular in Eastern Orthodox icons, most often