DEESIS
Articlenumber: 538 id,
Russian, ca. 1800
DEESIS
tempera on wood, gold ground
35 x 63 cm
Russian, ca. 1800
The subject bases on the Greek word "Deein" (to beg, to pray) and means that the Mother of God and St. John the Baptist will pray to Christ for the lost souls at the Last Judgement.