The Prophet Malachi-The Protection of the Mother of God "Pokrov"
  • The Prophet Malachi-The Protection of the Mother of God "Pokrov"

    TitleThe Prophet Malachi-The Protection of the Mother of God "Pokrov"
  • Technique/ MaterialWood: Pine, egg tempera
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b x dj) 97,5 x 35,5 x 3 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 99 x 36 x 8 cm
  • DatingDated late 17th century
  • CategoryPaintings, Icons
  • Inventory No.NMI 35
  • AcquisitionGåva 1933 av Olof Aschberg
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
    Images and media

    Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 145:
    The Prophet Malachi-The Protection of the Mother of God "Pokrov"
    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 35

    Wood. Pine (Pinus sp.).
    Two splines inlaid from opposite sides.

    Inscriptions a t.: Six horizontal lines in
    white paint

    EXHIBITIONS: Paris 1988, no 62d
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Abel 1978:1, fig. 22
    CONSERVATION: NM 1988: cleaning, varnish -
    ing. Losses of canvas, ground and paint
    layers in lower picture field over the whole
    of the lower border; several coarser insertions
    of coloured wax on background and
    borders.
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