The line of this icon is not only good on the surface but is also correct in the underdrawing. The underdrawing is clearly an architectural schematic created by someone competent in technical drawing. XRF proves by construction this icon is a modernist painting made of quality material across the spectrum of construction created during the post impressionist era of 1884-1906. If this icon is not as Dr. English described, a `fully realized study` for the St. Vladimir Cathedral then please explain what this is. I can find no comparable Russian icon.
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