St. Trinity (The Coronation of the Virgin)
Type:
Icon
Period:
The beginning of the
19 century
Toma Vishanov-Molera, born around 1750, painter of icons and murals, founder of the Bansko school of art. He grew up in the family of the clergyman Vishan. Around 1765 he went to Vienna, where he studied painting. It is not known who were his teachers there or when he returned to Bansko. His fellow villagers called him the Moler, Molera(from German Maler ‘painter’), whence the entire family's surname. Under the influence of the European 18th century art Toma Vishanov painted his works in a new manner, unknown until then in Orthodox art. The figures are realistic, vivid, expressive. Toma Vishanov is an innovator in the early period of Bulgarian Renaissance. His ideas on art were not understood and at first were rejected by his contemporaries. His work has not been studied extensively. He died after 1811 in Bansko.
Dimmensions (cm):
44
/ 33
/ 2
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Razlog
Church: St. Great Martyr George
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Razlog
Church: St. Great Martyr George
Object identification notes
Toma Vishanov-Molera (?)
Description
The Holy Mother of God is kneeling in front of the Holy Trinity. God the Father and God the Son are placing a crown on her head. Christ holds the Cross on which he has been crucified. Painted in the upper free space of the icon are seraphs with children's heads and with wings.
Iconographical technique: Combined
The varnish cover is laid thinly and evenly.
Base material: Wood
A softwood (fir) board.
State, restoration traces and comments
There are traces of overpaintings in the icon's lower part (in the background and the clouds).
