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RUSSIAN (JAROSLAVL), 17TH CENTURY
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A MONUMENTAL AND EXTENSIVE VITA ICON OF ST. THEODORE STRATELATES
RUSSIAN (JAROSLAVL), 17TH CENTURY
Portrayed frontal, full-length, dressed in elaborate armour and military boots, with a long red cape, his right hand raised, holding a spear in his other hand, standing on a hilly setting, the miniature figures of Christ and his Mother, each on clouds flanking the saint, the background covered by clouds in swirling forms, the main scene framed by a decorative border of baroque-style foliate scrolls, twenty scenes all around narrating the life of the saint
47¾ x 41 in. (121.3 x 104 cm)
RUSSIAN (JAROSLAVL), 17TH CENTURY
Portrayed frontal, full-length, dressed in elaborate armour and military boots, with a long red cape, his right hand raised, holding a spear in his other hand, standing on a hilly setting, the miniature figures of Christ and his Mother, each on clouds flanking the saint, the background covered by clouds in swirling forms, the main scene framed by a decorative border of baroque-style foliate scrolls, twenty scenes all around narrating the life of the saint
47¾ x 41 in. (121.3 x 104 cm)
Literature
Catalogue of the exhibition D'un Autre Monde. Icônes Inconnues et Art Byzantin, Koninklijk Museum, (Antwerp, 1997), no. 102
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