Ascension of Our Lord

Iconography:  Ascension of Our Lord

Date: XVI century. 1542

Iconographic school/art center:  Pskov icon-painting school

Origin: From the Church of New Ascension of Our Lord, Pscov

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 186,5 cm, width 135 cm

The icon depicts the scene of the Ascension of Our Lord. In the lower part of the icon are the twelve apostles and the Holy Virgin with the angels. Above, in the center, against a mandorla supported by the angels, is the figure of Jesus Christ.

Inv. № 10915. © Novgorod State United Museum

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