John the Baptist
Iconography: John the Forerunner, prophet and baptist
Date: XVI century. Second half of the 16th century
Iconographic school/art center: Pskov icon-painting school
Origin: From the hetorodox church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Pskov
Material: Wood, canvas, tempera
Setting's material: Silver , basma
Dimensions: height 85 cm, width 70 cm
Waist-length depiction of John the Baptist attired in the mantle, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing while his left hand is holding a scroll and the holy spear with the cross. The borders show the figures of reverend John the Climacus and Theodore Stratelates.
Inv. № 657. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve
Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 106. С. 336.
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