Type:
Icon
Period:
1861 year
Dimiter T. Molerov, born in 1780 in Bansko, son of Toma Vishanov the Moler. One of the best-known painters, a representative of the Bansko school of art, a disciple of his father, influenced by the art of Athos. Author of the murals of the naos in the St Archangels' paraclete in the Rila monastery, the murals in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Pchelino dependance. In 1840 and 1841 together with his son Simeon Molerov he paints the murals and the sponsors' portraits in St. Nicholas' and St. John of Rila's paracletes in the principal church in the Rila monastery. Among D. Molerov's major achievements in iconography are the following icons: St. Nicholas (1816) from St. Archangel Michael's church in the village of Leshko, Christ All-triumphant with Angels and Cherubim (1833), The Nativity and a Crucifixion from St Elijah the Prophet's church in the village of Usenovo. He has also worked in Belgrade on an invitation by Prince Milosh Obrenovich of Serbia. He died in 1870 in Bansko.
Dimmensions (cm):
68
/ 50
/ 2
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Bansko
Church: St. Trinity
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Bansko
Church: St. Trinity
Description
A traditional for this theme composition, in which an archangel is holding unfolded the handkerchief of Veronica, impressed on which is the face of Jesus Christ. The execution and the coloring of the painting show the hand of a very good icon-painter.
Iconographical technique: Combined
The "wet into wet" method has been used in the fine modelling of the face. The varnish cover is applied thinly and evenly and is in a comparatively good condition.The gilding is with gold-leaf, with an engraving on Christ's aureole and with "probaster" on the cloth and on the archangel's garments.
Base material: Wood
The icon's base is a one-piece softwood panel. The ground coat is of plaster, laid thinly.
State, restoration traces and comments
No prior restoration has been detected.
