Christ Pantocrator
Type:
Icon
Period:
The middle of the
17 century
School: Unknown
Dimmensions (cm):
90
/ 65
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Sofia
Town: Sofia
Gallery: National Art Gallery
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Sofia
Town: Etropole
Object identification notes
The overloadedness, the coarse treatment of Christ's image and the naive image suggest a self-taught painter.
Description
21 images (on each of the two vertical areas of the frame five full size figures of the apostles are located; on the upper and lower part of the frame there are waist-length depictions of apostles and of bulgarian saints) are placed around the waist-length depiction of Christ .
Iconographical technique: Tempera
Base material: Wood
Softwood with linen
