Resurrection – the Descent into Hell

Iconography:  Resurrection

Date: XIX century. 1894.

Iconographic school/art center:  The Palekh iconographic school

Icon-painter: Khokhlov, Vasiliy Aleksandrovich

Origin: Received from A.V.Khohlov in the 1960s.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera, gold

Dimensions:  height 29,7 cm, width 19,8 cm

The literary source for this complex multi-figured composition is the Book of Psalms and the apocryphal Gospel according to Nicodemus. This icon best represents the Palekh ancient art imitation style.


Registration number ГМПИ 3601. ДИ-419-И. © The State Museum of Palekh Art


Bibliography:

1.Палехская школа 1923-1950. Лаковые миниатюры иконописцев. Мюнхен, 2011. № 12. С. 42.

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