Royal doors
Type:
Icon
Period:
1786 year
Dimmensions (cm):
151.5
/ 70.5
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Monastery: Rila Monastery
Museum: Rila Monastery National Museum
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Monastery: Rila monastery
Chapel: Holy Archangels
Object identification notes
The style of the entire ornamentation contains baroque elements which will dominate in 19th-century iconography. The doors and several icons have been transferred from another place and fitted to the iconostasis in the paraclete.
Description
On the strongly profiled face side of the doors, decorated with gilded carving, six planes of images are allocated: the semifigures of the prophets David and Solomon at the very top, the Annunciation (Archangel Gabriel and Mary) on the middle two panels, and four standing figures of the church fathers at the bottom.
Iconographical technique: Carving
Tempera
Base material: Wood
Linden boards
