Travel icon depicting two saints, 18th century

Bronze casting and polychrome enamels

Height × width: 10.5 × 7.7 cm Weight: 78.8 g.

beneath the Pantocrator, placed in the upper pediment.This icon belongs to the group of Russian Old Believer icons, produced in series from the 17th century onward and characterized by a strict adherence to the canons of the Byzantine tradition. These artifacts, often made of bronze and sometimes enriched with colored enamels, were generally small in size and intended for private devotion. Their portability made them easy to carry and, if necessary, to conceal, thus meeting the religious needs of a community that, following the schism known as the Raskol, experienced periods of persecution by the official Russian Orthodox Church.