St Nicholas with scenes from his life
Type:
Icon
Period:
1614 year
Dimmensions (cm):
112.2
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Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Veliko Turnovo
Town: Veliko Turnovo
Museum: History Museum
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Veliko Turnovo
Description
The central field is concave. A waist-length depiction of the saint dressed in the garments of the high clergy is on a golden background. The face is painted on a red-brown mount without special nuances of carnation and with blik surface graphics. A cycle of 14 life scenes (of which only 6 entire scenes and 5 fragments have been preserved till today) are placed on the large field of the frame.
Iconographical technique: Tempera
Base material: Wood
Three softwood (fir) boards fasten with six keys of swallow tail type. Plaster ground applied in a thin layer.
State, restoration traces and comments
The right lower part of the icon is heavily damaged and the layer of painting is worn off to the priming.
