File:KiyskiyKrest detail01.jpg

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English: Icon depicting The Cross of Kiy, a replica of the True Cross with holy relics commissioned by Nikon, Orthodox patriarch of Moscow, in 1656. On the left are the images of Saint Emperor Constantine the Great, Tsar Alexey Mikhaylovich and Patriarch Nikon. To the right: Saint Empress Helena and Tsarina Maria Ilyinichna.
Date 1670s
date QS:P,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source http://lj.rossia.org/users/john_petrov/886242.html
Author Ivan (Bogdan) Saltanov / Иван (Богдан) Салтанов, court artist (? — 1703)
Other versions An alternative (different) rendition of the same scene by Saltanov

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