Entombment
Iconography: Entombment
Date: XVIII century. The late 18th century.
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 27,3 cm, width 34,4 cm
The icon depicts St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph of Arimathea, St. Nicodemus and saint women inclined over the body of Christ. On either side of the Cross, with the instruments of Passion behind it, are the figures of angels.
Received from the Vuchetich All-Union Industrial Art Combine in 1981.
Inv. № РЖ – 1250. © S.D.Erzi Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Mordovia
Bibliography:
Русское искусство XVIII - XX века: живопись, икона, культовая деревянная скульптура, графика, скульптура: каталог. Т.1 / МРМИИ им. С.Д. Эрьзи; [редкол.: Л.Н. Нарбекова и др.; авт. - сост.: Т.В. Елисеева, Е.А. Вишнякова]. Саранск, 2009. № 96. С. 75.
General view