Saint Martyr Anastasia
  • TitleSaint Martyr Anastasia
  • Technique/ MaterialWood: Linden, egg tempera
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b x dj) 31 x 26,5 x 3 cm
  • DatingDated late 18th century
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Anonymous
  • CategoryPaintings, Icons
  • Inventory No.NMI 231
  • AcquisitionGåva 1933 av Olof Aschberg
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
    Images and media

    Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 217:
    Saint Martyr Anastasia
    Late 18th - early 19th century
    NMI 231

    Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera.
    Panel made of single board with
    two splines inlaid from opposite sides;
    back covered with textile.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Olof Aschberg;
    Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
    CONSERVATION: Heavy losses of paint layers
    and ground over the entire surface except
    the figure. Wood losses along the edges.
    The saint carries a scroll with an
    inscription beginning AGNITSA
    TVOYA... (Your Lamb...) which
    is the opening of the troparion text
    for martyrs.
    [slut]