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Icon: St. Barbara, Orthodox workshop; Barbara St.; ?–306; icons; inscriptions; . The icon depicts the saint knee-deep, frontally, with her head turned slightly to the left. She holds a sword and the palm of martyrdom in both hands. Barbara is dressed in a light blue dress with a red cloak falling from her shoulders. Her face is slightly rounded, her eyes bulging with large whites, and her lips small, vermilion. She wears a crown. Her hair is adorned with flowers and a sash. Her head is surrounded by an ochre-colored halo. The saint is surrounded by palmette leaves, arranged in fleshy shapes. In the lower part is an irregular aedicula an intense red background—formerly with text. In the background, in the upper right corner, the outline of a building is visible. The blue sky is covered with light blue clouds. The composition and style show clear influences of iconography and the style of Western European painting presentation, attributes, painting form—especially the use of chiaroscuro. 18th century; Ukraine, Russia ; icon; height 28.5 cm, width 20.0 cm., A worn wooden panel with a dark brown surface showing grain variations and scuffed areas, featuring a horizontal wooden brace across the middle and a rough lighter wood strip near the bottom edge; several paper labels and small rectangular tags in beige, tan, and off-white are affixed in different places, including a small decorative label with a darker border and a torn paper label with uneven edges; there is a small folded paper scrap near the top left and a pale rectangular patch near the center, along with a piece of pinkish-beige fabric attached slightly below center; visible colors include dark brown, lighter brown, beige, tan, off-white, pinkish-beige, and a small area of bright orange near the lower right.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A16_465

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74.9Mb (5.3Mb) / 14.6in x 20.0in / 4365 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Icon St Barbara Orthodox workshop Barbara St –306 icons inscriptions icon depicts saint knee-deep frontally head turned slightly left holds sword palm martyrdom hands dressed light blue dress red cloak falling shoulders face slightly rounded eyes bulging large whites lips small vermilion wears crown hair adorned flowers sash surrounded ochre-colored halo saint palmette leaves arranged fleshy shapes lower part irregular aedicula intense red background formerly text background upper right corner outline building visible blue sky covered light blue clouds composition style clear influences iconography Western European painting presentation attributes painting form chiaroscuro 18th century Ukraine Russia icon height 28.5 cm width 20.0 cm worn wooden panel dark brown surface showing grain variations scuffed areas featuring horizontal wooden brace across middle rough lighter wood strip near bottom edge several paper labels small rectangular tags beige tan off-white affixed different places small decorative label darker border torn paper label uneven edges small folded paper scrap near top left pale rectangular patch near center piece pinkish-beige fabric attached visible colors include dark brown lighter brown pinkish-beige small area bright orange near lower right.