Nicholas the Wonderworker (Velikoretsk icon), the saint, with the Selected Saints on the borders
Iconography: John the Forerunner, prophet and baptist, Savvati of Solovki, St., Cyril of Belozersk, St., Nicholas Velikoretsky, St., Selected saints, Zosima of Solovki, the Venerable, Кирилл Новоезерский, преподобный
Date: XVII century. 1670
Origin: From the church commemorating the Transfiguration of Our Lord in the village of Borisoglebskoye at the bank of the Irma river, Cherepovetsky district, Novgorodskaya region (now Sheksninsky district, Vologodskaya region)
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 135 cm, width 105 cm
Shoulder-length depiction of Nicholas the Wonderworker with the omophorion decorated with the crosses on his shoulders.
Saints on the borders: John the Precurser, Venerable Zosima, st. Theodotus, on the right border – Venerable Cyril of Belozersk, Sabbatius of Solovki, Cyril of Novoezersk.
Inscriptions: In the centerpiece, to the right and to the left of saint Nicholas: АГИ (СВЯТОЙ) НИКОЛАЕ ВЕЛИКОРЕЦ[КИЙ] ЧУДОТВОРЕЦЪ
On the lower border: НАПИСАНА СИЯ ИКОНА В ЛЕТО 7178 (1670) ОКТЯБРЯ В 15 ДЕ[НЬ] ПО ОБЕЩАНИЮ СМО[ЛЯ]НИНА ФЕОДОТА ПЕТРОВА СЫНА МИКУЛИНА.
Was deposited in 1931.
Restoration: the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, 1992, restorer – Mmironova L.A.
Inv. №636/8. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. С. 23, кат. № 52 (Илл. 53).
General view