Grande icône orthodoxe, 'Le miracle de saint Démétrios', Russie, 19ème siècle

53 x 44,5 cm

The 'Miracle of Saint Demetrios' typically refers to the popular iconographic scene in Eastern Orthodox tradition depicting Saint Demetrios (Dmitry) of Thessaloniki on horseback, miraculously spearing the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan to death to save the city of Thessaloniki in 1207.