Nicholas (lap)
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Nicholas the Wonderworker with 8 scenes from his life and a mullion, with Nicholas the Wonderworker depicted half-length. -
The icon represents a half-length figure of Nicholas the Wonderworker, flanked by the figures of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God in a three-quarter turn. -
St.Nicholas the Wonderworker. -
A half-length figure of St. Nicholas in the center of the icon belongs to one of the most widespread iconographic versions of the saint in the Byzantine art, known since the 11th – 12th centuries. His right hand is blessing, while his left hand, covered with phelony and omophorion, holds a Gospel book. On both sides of the saint’s halo is inscription "Николае Цюдотворець". The center of the icon is surrounded by 18 scenes from the saint’s life and his miracles. -
The icon depicts a half-length figure of Saint Nicholas in a benedictory position, wearing full bishop’s toggery, with Gospel in his hand. He is surrounded by selected saints in the upper and side borders of the icon. In the upper part is a half-length apostle row, with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel at the head, who stand on both sides of the prepared throne. On the side borders, in pairs, from top downward are the Figures of the saints Basil the Great and George the Theologian, John the Chrysostom and Hipatius of Gangra, Cyrill and Athanasius of Alexandria and saint princes, passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, the Martyrs George and St. Demetrius of Solun, Florus and Laurus. The saints’ row is tailed by half-figures of the healers Cosmas and Damian in the lower parts of the icon -
Waist-length depiction of the saint. -
The centerpiece represents the waist-length depiction of the saint holding the open Gospel in his left hand. -
The half-length figure of the saint. -
The icon represents the half-length figure of the saint. -
In the center of the icon is the figure of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. In the upper corners of the icon, in medallions, are semi-figures of Jesus Christ and the Holy Virgin -
Nicholas the Wonderworker is portrayed full-length, wearing phelonion-polystravrion and omophorion. He is blessing with his left hand and is holding a closed Gospel with his right. On either side of the saint are full-length figures of Christ passing him a Gospel book, and the Mother of God holding omophorion with her left hand. In the upper corner of the icon is a large medallion with an inscription “О аг // иось” on a red background. The greater part of the icon has been restored (the saint’s face, the body, the hands, clothes, Christ’s figure, a background in the left part of the composition and the left medallion with an inscription. Icon layers – fine pearls on the bordering of clothes and a Gospel and dark ochre background, stylized face of large black letters in the upper corner (the earliest inscription in the medallion is “…колае”, the latest “чюдотворцъ”) possibly date back to the 17th – 19th centuries. An image of the Theotokos on a later insertion (17th century?) imitates the medieval composition. According to some evidence, the saint’s icon from the Nikolo-Naberezhny Church was considered to be miraculous in the 19th century. -
The distinctive feature of this work is a slightly turned face of the saint with a high forehead, narrow bottom part and small features, a silhouette of a figure broadening downwards, a cherry-brown phelonion with color highlights and the pattern of the omophorion, whose end constitutes a loop put on the saint’s left hand, under the Gospel code. In the upper part of the centerpiece are medallions with the half-figures of Christ and the Mother of God. -
The icons belongs to the traditional half-length image of St. Nicholas with his right hand raised in blessing and a closed Gospel book in his right. The saint is represented wearing a colored phelonion without crosses. The distinctive features of this iconographic variant is a depiction of the saint’s left hand as if it is wrapped with omophorion, a hefty square-built figure with a broad face and curly beard. -
In the centerpiece is St.Nicholas the Miracleworker. In his left hand he holds the opened Gospel, his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing. In the upper corners of the central section in the medallions are waist-length figures of Christ and the Mother of God. There are 32 hagiographical border scenes. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are the saints: St.Samonas, St.Gurias, St.Abibas and St. Anne. -
In the centre is a waist-length depiction of the saint. In his left hand he holds the opened Gospel Book, his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing. In the upper corners of the central section are waist-length figures of Christ and the Mother of God. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are the archangels. -
The saint is depicted waist-length. In his left hand he holds the Gospel and his right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing. To the right and to the left are waist-length figures of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God. -
The saint is depicted waist-length. In his left hand he holds the opened Gospel and his right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing. To his left and to his right are waist-length figures of the Mother of God and Jesus Christ. -
The saint is depicted waist-length. He wears a crown. In his left hand he holds the Gospel Book and his right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing. To his left and to his right are waist-length figures of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God. -
The saint is depicted waist-length. In his left hand he holds the opened Gospel Book and his right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing. In the saint’s halo are figures of Jesus Christ with the Gospel Book and the Mother of God with the omophorion. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are St.Sergius, St.Sabbas, St.Catherine and St.Maria. -
In the centrepiece of the icon the saint is depicted waist-length. In his left hand he holds the opened Gospel Book and his right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing. To his left and to his right are waist-length figures of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God. -
St. Nicholas is represented in an erect frontal pose, half-length, blessing with his right hand; in his right hand covered with a phelonion and an omophorion he holds a closed gospel book. In the upper margin, in the center, is the Ethimasia (the Prepared Throne). On either side of the Ethimasia are half-length depictions of the healers Cosmas and Damian. On side borders the saints are portrayed full-length, in three rows, by pairs. In the upper part of the icon are princes Boris (left) and Gleb (right). In their right hands they hold martyr’s crosses, in the left hands they hold up the swords in sheaths tangled with a baldric. In the middle of side borders are the martyrs Florus (left) and Laurus (right). In the bottom stand saint martyrs. Eudokia (left) and Domna (?) (right). In the bottom margin are the shoulder-length figures of Sts. Paraskeva (left?) and Photinia (right). -
In the center of the icon is the half-length figure of St. Nicholas en face, with an open gospel in his left hand. To either side of him are the downscaled figures of Christ with a gospel and the Mother of God with an omophorion. -
Nicholas the Wonderworker, St., with Clement and Blasius, Sts.
Waist-length depiction of saint Nicholas with his hand raised in a gesture of blessing, holding the closed Gospel book in his left hand. To the right and to the left of his halo are represented half-figures of saints Clement and Blasius in the “iridescent” aureoles painted with three green color tones. -
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was one of the most favorite and venerated saints in Medieval Russia. He protected and assisted people in all their good deeds, patronizing travelers, fishers, hunters and comforting all those in sorrow. The 15th century half-length icon depicts St. Nicholas wearing a clerical dress. His right hand is raised in the two-finger sign of blessing. In his left hand, hidden by the edge of a phelonion and omophorion, the saint is holding a closed Gospel book. A distinctive feature of the icon is images of selected saints beside an image of Nicholas the Wonderworker – the healers Cosmas and Damian, the holy martyrs Florus and Laurus, St. Blaise and archdeacon Stephan. -
Nicholas the Wonderworker is depicted waist-length, attired as a bishop – white polystaurion with black crosses and an omophorion covering his shoulders one hemline of which partly covers his left arm. Hs right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing and his left hand holds a Gospel book with a red edge The centerpiece is surrounded by 16 border scenes from the life and wonders of Saint Nicholas. -
The icon is painted in a very expressive manner making the saint’s image look particularly ascetic. Especially expressive is the contrast of the unfleshly and weakly modeled torsos and the energetically moulded head. Smoothly bent, as though boneless, fingers are reminiscent of Pskovian icons. This icon could be attributed to imported monuments but for its rarest brick-colored background and the lack of kovcheg in the icon board. The unique details of the icon is the en face full-length image of the Mother of God. -
In the center is the half-length figure of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker blessing with his right hand and holding a gospel in his left. The centerpiece is surrounded by nine border scenes. -
In the center is the half-length figure of the saint. He holds an open gospel with his left hand, his right hand is raised in a benedictory gesture. On either side of the saint’s halo are the figures of Jesus Christ with a gospel and the Mother of God with an omophorion sitting on the clouds. The centerpiece is surrounded by fourteen border scenes. -
In the central part of the icon is the half-length figure of the saint. In his left hand he holds a Gospel, his left hand is raised in a benedictory gesture. On either side of him are the half-figures of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. On the margins are the figures of the Archangel and the saints. -
A waist-length depiction of the saint is supplemented by the large figures of Christ and the Mother of God giving the Gospel book and the omophorion to him. In his right hand Nicholas is holding the open Gospel book. In the upper part of the centerpiece are represented the two groups of saints (three figures in each group). There might have been depicted three martyrs (Florus, Laurus and Blasius?) and three martyresses (Parasceva, Barbara, Juliana?). -
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. -
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. -
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. -
The icon shows the waist-length depiction of Nicholas the Wonderworker. His left hand is holding a Gospel book, his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing. In the upper corners of the icon in the quadrants are represented the figures of Christ and the Mother of God. -
Nicholas is depicted frontally, waist-length, his right hand is blessing and on his left hand covered with the phelonion and the omophorion is the closed Gospel book. At the sides of his halo in the quadrants are figures of Christ with the Gospel book and the Mother of God with the omophorion, enthroned. -
Waist-length depiction of blessing saint Nicholas with the Gospel book on the cloth in his left hand. -
In the centerpiece is a shoulder-length image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker surrounded by border scenes illustrating the saint’s life and his miracles. -
In the centerpiece is a waist-length depiction of Nicholas the Wonderworker. On either side of him are the half-figures of Christ with the Gospel in hands and the Mother of God with an omophorion.
