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RUSSIAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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SELECTED FEASTS AND SAINTS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL CALENDAR
RUSSIAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The first register depicting the Transfiguration, Dormition of the Mother of God and Entry into Jerusalem; the second row illustrating the visual interpretation of John Damascenos's hymn In Thee Rejoiceth, followed by the Baptism in the River Jordan and the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sevastia; the lower section occupied by standing Church Fathers and Clerics, monastic and martyr saints; the episodes executed in detail, the individual figures of classical proportions with meticulously portrayed faces rendered with bright colours, the waters of the river Jordan and the frozen lake of Sebastia coloured with dark, saturated shades
15¾ x 13 3/8 in. (40 x 34 cm)
RUSSIAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The first register depicting the Transfiguration, Dormition of the Mother of God and Entry into Jerusalem; the second row illustrating the visual interpretation of John Damascenos's hymn In Thee Rejoiceth, followed by the Baptism in the River Jordan and the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sevastia; the lower section occupied by standing Church Fathers and Clerics, monastic and martyr saints; the episodes executed in detail, the individual figures of classical proportions with meticulously portrayed faces rendered with bright colours, the waters of the river Jordan and the frozen lake of Sebastia coloured with dark, saturated shades
15¾ x 13 3/8 in. (40 x 34 cm)
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