The icon from the Rybinsk Museum Reserve depicts a fragment of the temptation of hunger. The Devil tempts Jesus to make bread out of stones, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. Jesus answered, Man shall not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. This quotation from the Gospel is written in the upper part of the icon against the sky.

The icon was painted on a wooden panel covered with a piece of thin cloth and levkas, a mixture of chalk and glue. The image was made with powdered paints based on egg yolk. Colors are sober and subdued. The color dominant is the figure of Jesus depicted in a chiton of milk-white color. The illuminated folds on the outer cape of the Savior are highlighted with whitewash.The Devil is depicted in black garments, this color is not typical of the Russian iconography. A pure black pigment was produced from burnt bones and was used to paint the underworld and evil spirits.