St. Nicholas
Type:
Icon
Period:
The middle of the
19 century
Dimmensions (cm):
68
/ 34
/ 3
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Bansko
Museum: Museum complex
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Village: Godlevo
Church: The Assumption of the Virgin
Description
A full-length portrait of Saint Nicholas, dressed in archieratical vestments and with a mitre on his head. The iconographer has painted the saint in a solemn attitude, blessing and holding in his hand a closed metal-covered book. There is a lavish decoration on his felon, as well as a masterfully and precisely painted omoforos. Painted on the left-hand and right-hand sides, on clouds, are Christ and the Holy Mother of God.
Iconographical technique: Tempera
With velaturas, "probaster" and a wich gilding, laid over bole with gold-leaf. The varnish cover is applied evenly in several layers.
Base material: Wood
The base is a softwood panel with two reinforcing wedge-shaped beams.
State, restoration traces and comments
There are no traces of any previous restorative intervention.
