Caption

Icon in a cover: Christ Pantocrator. The icon represents a traditional, half-length variant of Christ Pantocrator referring to designs dating to the 16th century. The Savior's face is elongated, ascetic, with a light brown complexion brightened by tones; lower eyelids, forehead wrinkles, and neck folds are clearly marked. Christ wears a red chiton decorated with fine gold ornaments, an ochre sash covered with assyst, and a navy blue himation with rather small, pointed folds. The inscription on the book is made with a decorative ribbon. Around Christ's head is a cross halo with the letters OOH. On both sides of the figure are inscriptions: the Christological monogram and Lord Almighty. The entire field, the icon background, and the halo are covered with a brass cover with an applied wreath. 18th century, Russia; icon with cover; height 31 cm, width 24 cm., An icon painting of a figure with a golden halo set within a silver frame, showing a person with brown hair and a brown beard wearing a red robe and a dark outer garment, holding an open book with a red cover, the halo and frame decorated with ornate patterns and the overall colors including gold, silver, brown, red, dark green, and black.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_037

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (2.8Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Icon cover Christ Pantocrator icon represents traditional half-length variant Christ Pantocrator referring designs dating 16th century Savior's face elongated ascetic light brown complexion brightened tones lower eyelids forehead wrinkles neck folds marked Christ wears red chiton decorated fine gold ornaments ochre sash covered assyst navy blue himation small pointed folds inscription book decorative ribbon Christ's head cross halo letters OOH sides figure inscriptions Christological monogram Lord Almighty entire field icon background halo covered brass cover applied wreath 18th century Russia icon height 31 cm width 24 cm icon painting golden halo set within silver frame showing person brown hair brown beard wearing red robe dark outer garment holding open book red cover frame decorated ornate patterns colors silver brown red dark green black.