Saint George, Bishop of Mytilene

Pecherskaya Lavra [monastery] (Kiev, Russia); State Historical Museum; 25 August 1930, transferred to Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia); December 1934, transferred from Tretyakov Gallery to Antikvariat; 1937, U.S.S.R. government facilitated sale to Joseph E. Davies [ambassador to U.S.S.R.] (Washington, DC); 1937, Joseph E. Davies gifted to University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York. "The Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to The University of Wisconsin." New York: Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York, 1938. p. 68, no. 103
• Canaday, John. "What is Art?: An Introduction to Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture." New York: Knopf: distributed by Random House, 1980. no. 286
• Galavaris, George. "Icons from the Elvehjem Art Center." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1973. p. [ii], 73-75, no. 8
• Елена Осокина (Elena Osokina). "Небесная голубизна ангельских одежд : судьба произведений древнерусской живописи, 1920-1930 годы." Moskva: Новое литературное обозрение, 2018. pp. 584-586, pl. 24

• Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500-1900: Chazen Museum of Art, 3/12/2011–6/5/2011
• Joseph E. Davies Collection of Paintings, The : Milwaukee Art Institute, 10/1/1938–10/31/1938
• Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to the University of Wisconsin: Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6/1/1938–6/30/1938

• Europe
• Icons
• Joseph E. Davies Collection

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