Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (of Zaraisk) with scenes from his life
Iconography: Nicholas of Zaraysk, St., Hagiographic cycle Nicholas
Date: XVIII century. Late 18th – early 19th century
Origin: From the church commemorating the Transfiguration of Our Lord in the village of Borisoglebskoye at the bank of the Irma river, Cherepovetsky district, Novgorodskaya region (now Sheksninsky district, Vologodskaya region).
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 143 cm, width 123 cm
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is depicted frontally, full-length. His right hand is blessing, his left hand is holding a Gospel book. At the sides of his halo in the quadrants are depicted Jesus Christ and the Mother of God with the Gospel book and the omophorion.
Border scenes:
1. Nativity of St. Nicholas
2. Baptism
3. Child Nicholas refuses to drink maternal milk on Wednesdays and Fridays
4. Healing of the crippled woman
5. Beginning of education
6. Being ordained a deacon
7. Being ordained a priest
8. Being ordained a bishop
9. Appearance before the three men in the dungeon
10. Appearance before tsar Constantine
11. Miracle of the three girls
12. Rescuing the three men from the sword
13. Drawing the demon out of the well
14. Voyage of St. Nicholas to Palestine
15. Death of St. Nicholas
16. The transfer of St. Nicholas’s relics from Myra of Lycia to Bari
Was deposited in 1931.
Restoration: the Vologda branch of the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, 2000, restorer – Rybakov A.A.
Inv. №636/5. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 98 (Илл. 99).
General view
Appearance before the three men in the dungeon