The Prophet Zechariah-The Exaltation of the Cross
  • The Prophet Zechariah-The Exaltation of the Cross

    TitleThe Prophet Zechariah-The Exaltation of the Cross
  • Technique/ MaterialWood: Poplar, egg tempera
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b x dj) 97 x 35 x 2,5 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 97 x 36 x 7 cm
  • DatingDated late 17th century
  • CategoryPaintings, Icons
  • Inventory No.NMI 34
  • AcquisitionGåva 1933 av Olof Aschberg
  • Description
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    Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 144:
    The Prophet Zechariah-The Exaltation of the Cross
    Part of Prophet/Festival tiers of an iconostasis, cat. nos 130-145
    [NMI 20-35]
    Late 17th century, Onega district, region of Novgorod, Kargopol (?)
    [Mer info se NMI 20]
    NMI 34

    Wood. Poplar (Populus sp.).
    Two splines inlaid from opposite sides
    (upper one lost).

    Inscriptions a t.: A) Paper label from
    the North-West Railroad Company:
    Volosovo (hand-written) to Petrograd.
    (Volosovo is situated in the Kargopol
    region); B) eight horizontal lines in
    white paint

    EXHIBITIONS: Nationalmuseum 1988, no 36
    CONSERVATION: Losses of canvas, ground
    and paint layers on lower border and lower
    part of feast scene scattered insertions of
    coloured wax on background and borders;
    uneven yellowish varnish.
    [slut]