St. John the Baptist and St. John of Rila
Type:
Icon
Period:
1796 year
School: Unknown
Dimmensions (cm):
63
/ 47
Location
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Monastery: Rila Monastery
Museum: Rila Monastery National Museum
Source
Country: Bulgaria
Province: Blagoevgrad
Monastery: Rila monastery
Other source: From the church in the Orlitsa cloister
Object identification notes
Its refined manner, type and professional technical execution make the icon part of a large group of iconographic works in the Rila monastery.
Description
The depiction of St. John the Baptist as an angel of the desert next to the patron of the monastery has a special symbolic meaning.
Iconographical technique: Tempera
Base material: Wood
Elm board
