拍品 314
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THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL

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THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL

PROVINCIAL BYZANTINE, 13TH CENTURY

The Archangel shown half-length from a Deisis composition, in a red vestment over a blue shift, an ochre garment underneath, he inclines his head towards the left, his right hand gesturing in the same direction, he holds a lance in his left, the face painted with naturalism, the nose delicately outlined in red, the lips similarly coloured, the neck and face heightened with bold white highlights, the icon transferred to a new panel
18 1/8 x 14 3/8in. (46 x 36.5cm.)

拍品專文

The style of the painting with the fluid and naturalistic rendering of the composition, and the manner in which the flesh tones of the face are achieved by the application of fine brush strokes of ochre over a reddish ground, this would indicate a 13th Century date for the panel.

The icon should be compared with a group of 13th Century panels in St. Catherines Monastery, Mount Sinai. (See K. Manafis, Sinai: Treasures of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, (Athens, 1990), pp.170-191.) In particular an icon of the Archangel Michael, ascribed to the early 13th Century (No.41, p.170).