18th century AD. A rectangular wooden icon with suspension stud, painted banded frame, central image of a male standing bearded and robed with unrolled scroll, beneath his feet a decapitated corpse (St. John the Baptist?"). See Weizmann, K. et al. The Icon, New York, 1982. 3.2 kg, 53.5 x 41cm (21 x 16"). From a London collection; acquired from Germany in the 1980s. Fine condition.