St. Spyridon
Type:
Icon
Period:
1909 year
Dimmensions (cm):
44
/ 34
/ 2.5
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Razlog
Church: St. Great Martyr George
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Town: Razlog
Church: St. Great Martyr George
Description
Saint Spyridon is portrayed full face, in waist-lengtl against a blue background. In his bent to his chest right hand he is holding a tile, and in his left one - a book. In the bad ground, painted next to his right hand, is a serpent in a vertical position which, according to the legends about his miracles, had been turned by the saint into gold.
Iconographical technique: Oil
The technique of execution is oil painting with gilding. The pleats of the saint's garment are painted with a red pigment, applied by the velatura method. The iconography is a primitive one, executed rough with semi-oil pigments. The varnish cover is laid evenly an thinly.
Base material: Wood
The icon's base is a one-piece softwood panel, reinforced by means of two inserted in its back beams. The ground co is of plaster, about 1,2 mm thick.
State, restoration traces and comments
There are no traces of any previous restorative intervention.
