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Icon: St. Nikita Slaying the Devil, Old Believer workshop; subjects: Jesus Christ Bible, devils, Nikita St.; ?-372, Mandylion iconographic, Manus Dei iconographic, warriors, martyrs, saints; inscriptions present; description: In the scene topped by a semicircular arch, St. Nikita in warrior's attire is shown striking the devil on the head with a club, grabbing his horns with his left hand. In the upper right is the blessing Hand of God; the background is covered with fairly densely engraved horizontal lines. At the top is the image of Christ Not Made by Human Hands. The cast relief is schematic, with features typical of provincial workshops. The surface of the cast is worn overall; lower left shows mechanical damage cast defect. Date: 19th century; place: Russia; object type: icon; dimensions: height 6.5 cm, width 4 cm., A small rectangular metal plaque in dark bronze and brown tones with a raised relief scene, topped by a smaller square panel; the main panel shows a carved figure wearing a short tunic and cloak, depicted in profile with one arm raised and the other extended toward a smaller standing figure, both set within an arched border, and the surface shows worn highlights of lighter bronze on raised areas while recessed areas are darker.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A19_016

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1016.4Ko) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Icon St Nikita Slaying Devil Old Believer workshop subjects Jesus Christ Bible devils Nikita St -372 Mandylion iconographic Manus Dei iconographic warriors martyrs saints inscriptions present description scene topped semicircular arch Nikita warrior's attire shown striking devil head club grabbing horns left hand upper right blessing Hand God background covered fairly densely engraved horizontal lines top image Christ Human Hands cast relief schematic features typical provincial workshops surface cast worn lower left mechanical damage defect Date 19th century place Russia object type icon dimensions height 6.5 cm width 4 cm small rectangular metal plaque dark bronze brown tones raised relief scene topped smaller square panel main panel carved figure wearing short tunic cloak depicted profile arm raised extended smaller standing figure set within arched border worn highlights lighter bronze raised areas recessed areas darker.