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Wall painting: Archangel Gabriel with a sword, unknown artist. The Archangel is depicted standing frontally with feet slightly apart, holding a sheathed sword: his right hand grasps the crossguard while his left supports the sword halfway along its length. His wings droop downwards and are slightly curled at the tips. The Archangel has a high forehead, straight nose, almond-shaped eyes, small mouth; hair tied back with two locks over the forehead. He wears a long white tunic with rows of black potamoi and decorative cuffs, a yellow chlamys decorated with a diagonal red check fastened with a fibula on the right shoulder, and a green maniakion superimposed on the chlamys. His head is topped with a stemma-type crown partially destroyed due to damage to the top layer of plaster and surrounded by a yellow halo. The silhouette is significantly elongated, with hands and face small in relation to the figure’s height, producing a slightly Mannerist appearance emphasized by a facial grimace: strongly pursed mouth, raised eyebrows, and furrowed forehead. Stylistically similar to a depiction of St. Mercurius on horseback from the Cathedral in Faras. Late 10th–early 11th century, Faras; wall painting; 214 x 160 x 8.8–9 cm., A painted figure on a worn wall surface showing a person with a pale face and dark outlined eyes and mouth, wearing a patterned garment in shades of ochre and brown with green accents at the neck and sleeve, holding a long dark object that extends diagonally across the image; behind the figure is a large rounded shape in golden yellow with red outlines and decorative scalloped edging, and the surrounding wall shows patches of beige plaster and areas of flaking and weathered texture in tan, brown, and off-white.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A00_058

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (9.2Mo) / 33.9cm x 50.8cm / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Wall painting Archangel Gabriel sword unknown artist Archangel depicted standing frontally feet slightly apart holding sheathed sword right hand grasps crossguard left supports sword halfway length wings droop downwards slightly curled tips high forehead straight nose almond-shaped eyes small mouth hair tied back two locks forehead wears long white tunic rows black potamoi decorative cuffs yellow chlamys decorated diagonal red check fastened fibula right shoulder green maniakion superimposed chlamys head topped stemma-type crown partially destroyed due damage top layer plaster surrounded yellow halo silhouette significantly elongated hands face small relation figure’s height producing slightly Mannerist appearance emphasized facial grimace strongly pursed mouth raised eyebrows furrowed forehead Stylistically depiction St Mercurius horseback Cathedral Faras Late 10th–early 11th century wall painting 214 x 160 x 8.8–9 cm painted figure worn wall surface showing person pale face dark outlined eyes wearing patterned garment shades ochre brown green accents neck sleeve long dark object extends diagonally across image figure large rounded shape golden yellow red outlines decorative scalloped edging surrounding wall patches beige plaster areas flaking weathered texture tan off-white.