Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Iconography: Nicholas (lap)
Date: XV century.
Iconographic school/art center: Pskov icon-painting school
Origin: From the Nikolsky cathedral in the town Porkhov
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 92 cm, width 74,5 cm
Waist-length depiction of the blessing saint Nicholas with the closed Gospel book. The saint is represented in the wine-colored phelonion and the white omophorion with the black crosses on the shoulders. In his left hand the saint holds the Gospel book with the red edge.
Inv. № 3866. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve
Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 13. С. 64.
General view