Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Great Martyr
Iconography: Great Martyr Demetreus of Thessaloniki Killing Tsar Kaloyan
Date: XVI century.
Origin: From the church commemorating the Decapitation of John the Precurser in the village of Kirillovskiye Tanishcha, Belozersky district, Novgorodskaya region (now small town Stariy Pogost near the village of Oseki, Kaduysky district of the Vologodskaya region).
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 73,5 cm, width 55,2 cm
Demetrius of Thessaloniki sitting on horseback slays the pagan tsar Kalojan sitting on the white horse with a spear.
Was deposited in 1931.
Restoration: the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, restorer – Prigorodova O.A.
Inv. №658/1. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 37 (Илл. 38).
General view
Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Demetrius of Thessaloniki. Fragment
Pagan tsar Kalojan