The Saviour "Not Made by Human Hands"
  • The Saviour "Not Made by Human Hands"

    TitleThe Saviour "Not Made by Human Hands"
  • Technique/ MaterialWood: Alder, egg tempera
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b x dj) 23 x 17,5 x 2 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 23 x 18 x 3 cm
  • DatingDated early 20th century
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Anonymous
  • CategoryPaintings, Icons
  • Inventory No.NMI 290
  • AcquisitionGåva 1963 av Marguerite Nobel
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
    Images and media

    Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 318:
    The Saviour "Not Made by Human Hands"
    Early 20th century
    NMI 290

    Wood: Alder (Alnus sp.), egg tempera.
    Panel made of single board with two
    splines inlaid across the panel.

    Inscriptions a t.: On the panel handwritten
    in pencil in Cyrillic letters:
    Novgorodskie / [...] XV s [.] (Novgorod
    style 15th century).

    PROVENANCE: Marguerite Nobel; Gift of
    M. Nobel 1963
    CONSERVATION: Not restored. Minor paint
    layer losses along the borders and in the
    halo; varnish yellowed
    This icon is a coarse copy of a 16th
    century depiction.
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