Christ Pantocrator

Iconography: 

Date: XIV century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Pskov icon-painting school

Origin: From the cathedral of the Three Saints of the monastery of the Savior and St.Eleazar

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 46 cm, width 31,7 cm

The waist-length depiction of Christ with His right hand blessing and His left hand holding a Gospel book. According to the legend the icon appeared in Pskov in 1352 and became famous for its miracles.


Inv. № 1727. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve

Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 01. С. 40.



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