BAL412159 Heavenly ladder of St. John Climacus (tempera on panel) by Russian School (16th century); 63.3x44 cm; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: \'John of the Ladder\' was a 7th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai; the Ladder describes how to raise one\'s soul and body to God through the acquisition of ascetic virtues;); Russian, out of copyright.