Lithograph of Saint Simeon the God-Receiver in grooved wood, gilded with ormolu and painted in red - bordeaux color with matte varnish.
Dimensions: 20 x 26 cm.
Saint Simeon was a pious Christian and enlightened by the Holy Spirit. He had been delivered the message that he would not die before he see Jesus Christ. Indeed, when Jesus was forty days, he went to the temple, Saint Simeon ran and took him in his arms. Saint Simeon celebrates on 3 February.