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Icon depicting "The Resurrection of Lazarus" Dim. 44.5 x 31.5 cm. 20th century Provenance from Greece, as per registration. Table, canvas, chalk, egg tempera, gold leaf. "The resurrection of Lazarus" is part of the cycle of the Twelve Mobile Feasts, whose placement in the calendar varies according to the date on which Easter falls; together with "The entry of Christ into Jerusalem" marks the beginning of the Passion period. The upper part of the scene is dominated by two mountain massifs; Before the walls of the city of Bethany a group of Jews look at Christ with wonder. On the left of the scene the group of the Apostles, the illus