Illustration for #1 2013 (38), paper 5

MIKHAIL NESTEROV

HEAD OF CHRIST.

STUDY FOR THE MOSAIC ICON “THE IMAGE OF EDESSA” (HOLY IMAGE OF THE SAVIOUR NOT- MADE-BY-HUMAN-HANDS) FOR THE WESTERN WALL OF THE CHURCH OF THE INTERCESSION AT THE MARFO-MARIINSKY CONVENT IN MOSCOW. 1910

Pencil on paper. 20.6x14.3 cm.

Tretyakov Gallery