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1657n: "The Mother of God with a scroll"_1
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"The Mother of God with a scroll" Second half of the 17th century. Russian north. "Northern paints"
Size: 31,5 x 27,3 x 3cm
Technique & Material: Board with an ark, gesso, tempera, drying oil
Description: There is a general term which describes a style in which this work of art is made, and it is called the “Northern Paints” (rus. Severnie Pisma). By this term, a contemporary icon science understands a whole variety of schools and individual iconographers, which existed and worked on a very large geographic area from Novgorod to Archangelsk during the 16th to 18th centuries. The Northern Paints is not a homogeneous school; nevertheless, the majority of classical samples of northern icons have some common features, such as: explicit individuality, clear archaic character, specific color gamut with prevalence of sea and flora tones.
This icon also exhibits the characteristic Northern facial painting style with original features like large and often exaggerated parts of face, wide-open eyes and pronounced individual characteristics. The painting differentiates itself by particular moderate decorativeness and refined palette of colors. The creases of garments are made in a remarkably beautiful manner with crushed silver laid over dark-cherry tunic of the Mother of God.
This icon visually witnesses of the extent of professionalism and artistic distinctiveness of an art of provincial masters. This icon represents a spiritually intensive ancient praying image. Due to its 250 years of age, artistic value and ideal original state of preservation, this icon undoubtedly, possesses the highest collection and museum significance. It can become a central icon of a private collection or a home iconostasis.
High Resolution Images: fragments.
Price: EUR 3 900.-