The exhibition features a painting by Yakov Fyodorovich Kapkov who specialized in history paintings, genre scenes, and portraits.

He studied under the guidance of the painter Karl Pavlovich Bryullov who represented late Russian classicism of the first half of the 19th century.

“The Pool of Siloam” by Yakov Kapkov was transferred to the Pskov Museum from the Museum of the Academy of Arts in 1930. The composition is based on the story of the healing miracles performed by Jesus at the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem. It is described in the Gospel of John,

The Gospel of John also includes the story of how Jesus healed a blind man,

Legend has it that the Pool of Siloam received water from the Fountain of the Virgin, a spring located higher on the western slope of the Kidron Valley. The name derives from the legend that Mary came there to draw water with other women.