Jesus Christ
Type:
Icon
Period:
1850 year
Dimiter T. Molerov, born in 1780 in Bansko, son of Toma Vishanov the Moler. One of the best-known painters, a representative of the Bansko school of art, a disciple of his father, influenced by the art of Athos. Author of the murals of the naos in the St Archangels' paraclete in the Rila monastery, the murals in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Pchelino dependance. In 1840 and 1841 together with his son Simeon Molerov he paints the murals and the sponsors' portraits in St. Nicholas' and St. John of Rila's paracletes in the principal church in the Rila monastery. Among D. Molerov's major achievements in iconography are the following icons: St. Nicholas (1816) from St. Archangel Michael's church in the village of Leshko, Christ All-triumphant with Angels and Cherubim (1833), The Nativity and a Crucifixion from St Elijah the Prophet's church in the village of Usenovo. He has also worked in Belgrade on an invitation by Prince Milosh Obrenovich of Serbia. He died in 1870 in Bansko.
Dimmensions (cm):
162
/ 80
/ 2.5
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Bansko
Church: St. Trinity
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Bansko
Church: St. Trinity
Object identification notes
An icon from the row of the Apostles.
Description
A traditional iconographic treatment of this theme. Christ is seated on clouds, carried on the wings of little seraphs. He is dressed in a red chiton, with a dark blue mantle on the shoulders, and is blessing with both hands.
Iconographical technique: Combined
With velaturas and probaster on the garments. The "wet into wet" method has also been used in the carnations. The varnish cover is applied thinly and evenly. The gilding on the aureoles and on the light, streaming from the aureole of Christ, is with gold-leaf.
Base material: Wood
The icon's base is made of two white-pine panels, joined by means of two beams. The ground coat is of plaster, laid thinly and evenly.
State, restoration traces and comments
There are no traces of any previous restorative intervention.
