Icon - John the Forerunner - Wood
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Russian Icon – Saint John the Baptist, Angel of the Desert, with scenes from his life – Central Russia, 19th century
Description
Tempera and gilding on a kovcheg panel, levkas.
Saint John the Baptist is depicted as the Angel of the Desert, winged, standing at the center of the composition. He holds the cup containing the Child, a figure of the sacrifice of Christ, and a scroll-shaped label bearing the ecclesiastical Slavonic inscription.
Four scenes from his life surround him:
• the angel leading the child John to the desert;
• the Nativity of the Forerunner;
• the Invention of the head of the saint;
• the beheading, with Salome receiving the head on a platter.
At the top, the Mandylion (Holy Face not made by human hands). On the margins are the Guardian Angel on the left and on the right, according to the tradition of patronymic saints of commissioning.
The execution is of great miniaturist finesse: polychrome architectures, detailed landscape, draperies enhanced with gold. It links the work to the workshops of the Vladimir region (Mstyora, Kholui), in the second half of the 19th century.
Russian Icon – Saint John the Baptist, Angel of the Desert, with scenes from his life – Central Russia, 19th century
Description
Tempera and gilding on a kovcheg panel, levkas.
Saint John the Baptist is depicted as the Angel of the Desert, winged, standing at the center of the composition. He holds the cup containing the Child, a figure of the sacrifice of Christ, and a scroll-shaped label bearing the ecclesiastical Slavonic inscription.
Four scenes from his life surround him:
• the angel leading the child John to the desert;
• the Nativity of the Forerunner;
• the Invention of the head of the saint;
• the beheading, with Salome receiving the head on a platter.
At the top, the Mandylion (Holy Face not made by human hands). On the margins are the Guardian Angel on the left and on the right, according to the tradition of patronymic saints of commissioning.
The execution is of great miniaturist finesse: polychrome architectures, detailed landscape, draperies enhanced with gold. It links the work to the workshops of the Vladimir region (Mstyora, Kholui), in the second half of the 19th century.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Iconography
John the Forerunner
Specific region of origin
Russie centrale
Material
Wood
Country of origin
Russia
Height
35 cm
Width
31 cm
Depth
3 cm
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Style
Antique
Estimated period
1850-1900
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