Nicholas the Wonderworker with scenes from his life (St. Nicholas Velikoretsky)
Iconography: Nicholas Velikoretsky, St., Hagiographic cycle Nicholas
Date: XVI century. 1556.
Iconographic school/art center: The Vologda school
Origin: From the Church of the Ressurection, Vologda.
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 58 cm, width 47 cm
In the center of the icon St. Nicholas is portrayed half-length, wearing a traditional clergy vestment, with omophorion on the shoulders. His right hand is raised in a blessing gesture, with his right he holds a closed gospel book. The saint is portrayed in a frontal pose. On either side of the saint is a cinnabar inscription reading «С(вя)тыи Николае Великорецк[и] » (St. Nicholas Velikoretsky). The center of the icon is surrounded by eight border scenes.
1. St. Nicholas brought to monastic school;
2. St. Nicholas appears to the Emperor Constantine in a dream;
3. St. Nicholas saves a drowning youth Dimitri;
4. St. Nicholas serves in Sion;
5. St. Nicholas saves the sinking ship;
6. St. Nicholas saves three generals from the execution;
7. St. Nicholas saves saves Basil, the son of Agricos, from Saracen capivity; 8. The Dormition of St. Nicholas.
Inv. NO ВОКМ 7808. © Vologda State Museum of History, Architecture and Art
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