The Apostle Peter
  • TitleThe Apostle Peter
  • Technique/ MaterialWood: Spruce, egg tempera
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b x dj) 98,5 x 42,5 x 3,5 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 100 x 43 x 6 cm
  • DatingDated late 17th century
  • CategoryPaintings, Icons
  • Inventory No.NMI 39
  • AcquisitionGåva 1933 av Olof Aschberg
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
    Images and media

    Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 122:
    The Apostle Peter
    Part of a Deesis tier of an iconostasis, cat. nos 120-127 [NMI 37-44]
    Late 17th century, region of Novgorod
    NMI 39

    Wood: Spruce (Picea sp.). Both splines
    replaced.

    Inscriptions a t.: Three horizontal lines
    in black.

    CONSERVATION: Cleaned prior to entering
    NM; NM 1967–69: repairing of panel;
    insertion from back of new wood along
    crack in central part of panel; new splines;
    retouching ( B. Titov). Lower part of
    picture and border severely damaged with
    losses of canvas, ground and paint layers;
    scattered retouches.
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