The Virgin Cataphyge (Refuge) and St. John the Evangelist
Type:
Icon
Period:
1395 year
School: Unknown
Dimmensions (cm):
93
/ 61.5
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Sofia
Gallery: National Art Gallery
Source
Country: Serbia
Province: Dimitrovgrad
Village: Poganovo
Monastery: Poganovo monastery
Object identification notes
A two-sided icon (the right side, on the back side is painted "The vision of the prophets Ezekiel and Habakkuk"). Donated about 1395 to the Poganovo monastery by Empress Elena Paleologus, daughter of the monastery's sposor Despot Deyan and granddaughter of Tsar Ivan Alexander.
Description
Classical beauty, proportionality, aristocratic colouring in the spirit of mediaeval aesthetics.
Iconographical technique: Tempera
Base material: Wood
Board with linen.
