St Nicholas Portrait, (North) Religious, Old, Antique Icon , 18/19th century, tempera on wooden board, size 31 x 25 cm, St Nicholas is the most widely revered saint in Orthodoxy. The Russians have a saying "If anything happens to God, we have always got St Nicholas". According to the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Kazhdan ed., 1991, Vol 2, p. 1469) his cult, which only became popular in the 9th century, gave him a prominence "second only to the Virgin". Provenance: private collection Germany. The authenticity of every icon is guaranteed. Every icon is sold with extensive written expertise