Christ Pantocrator
Type:
Icon
Period:
From
the beginning of the
18 century
to
the end of the
18 century
School: Unknown
Dimmensions (cm):
99
/ 92.5
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Sofia
Town: Sofia
Museum: National History Museum
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Other source: Others
Object identification notes
This monumental work is a fine example of Bulgarian post-Byzantine period art to whose mediaeval traditions, new tendencies and creative opportunities that were typical of the Balkan area were added.
Double-sided processional icon. This is golden background on this side and red frame, waist-high depiction in the conventional iconography.
Description
Christ Pantocrator wears a brown chiton and dark-blue himation; he blesses with his right hand; he holds an open gospel in his left hand. Figures of two angels in blue-white chitons and ochre brown himations are depicted on either side of his head, at shoulder height.
Iconographical technique: Tempera
Base material: Wood
