Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 159:
The Transfiguration
17th century, repainted in late 19th century, Mstera (?)
NMI 98

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera
on canvas. Panel made of single board
with two splines inlaid across the
panel; back covered with textile.

PROVENANCE: Emil Christenson, Stockholm;
Olof Aschberg; Gift of O.Aschberg
1933
EXHIBITIONS: Malmö 1988, no 70
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bukowskis 1925, no 199;
Kjellin 1933, no 98; Kjellin 1956, pp 188, 201
CONSERVATION: Completely repainted
in the late 19th century; NM 1959: laying
down of blisters. Damage to left side of
lower edge, with paint and ground; various
retouchings along the edges; thick layer
of yellowed varnish

The prototype originates in 16th
centuryNovgorod,where one finds
sev eral examples of this expanded
icono graphy with Elijah on a cloud
and Moses in his sarcophagus in the
upper part, together with Christ and
the three apostles on either side of
the mountain in the middle ground.
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