Russian icon -Estaurotheque-, 18th century."Crucifixion of Christ".Painting on wood. Later gilded bronze cross.In need of restoration and cleaning. Wear and tear due to use and the passage of time.Measurements: 26,5 x 22 cm .Russian icon of the 19th century, presenting the crucifixion of Christ, that picks up the moment in which Christ already died in the cross (of the Old believers), of gilded and chiselled bronze, of later epoch end XIX, beginnings of the XX, being accompanied by the Virgin Mary and San Juan. Next to him the other two crucified (the Good Thief -Dimas- and the Bad Thief -Gestas-). In the upper part God the Father, with four Saints, two on each side.This is a reliquary containing a fragment of the True Cross. The True Cross or Holy Cross is the cross on which, according to Christian tradition, Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. In Catholicism and in the Orthodox Church it is considered a relic of the first order.