Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker with scenes from his life
Iconography: Hagiographic cycle Nicholas, Nicholas (lap)
Date: XVI century. Middle of the 16th century
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 93 cm, width 75 cm
Nicholas the Wonderworker is depicted waist-length, attired as a bishop – white polystaurion with black crosses and an omophorion covering his shoulders, the hemline of which and partly covers his left arm. Hs right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing and his left hand holds a Gospel book with a red edge The centerpiece is surrounded by 16 border scenes from the life and wonders of Saint Nicholas.
Border scenes:
1. Nativity of Saint Nicholas
2. Refusal to drink maternal milk on Wednesdays and Fridays
3. Baptism
4. The healing of the crippled woman
5. Beginning of education
6. Appearing before Tsar Constantine in his sleep
7. Appearing before eparch Eulavius in his sleep
8. Appearing before three imprisoned men
9. Saving three men from execution
10. The healing of the man sick of the palsy
11. The return of Basil, the son of Agricos
12. The miracle of the sailors
13. Saving Demetrios from drowning
14. The miracle of the rug
15. St. Nicholas сuts the tree and drives the demons out of the well
16. The transfer of St. Nicholas’s relics from Myra of Lycia to Bari
17. The entombment of the relics of St. Nicholas
Inv. № 23. В-2815 И-1233
© The Vladimir-Suzdal History, Architecture and Art Museum and Reserve
Bibliography: Иконы Владимира и Суздаля. М., 2006. № 33. С.194-196. (Описание Е.В. Гладышевой).
General view