"Över Dig, Nåderika, glädja sig alla skapade varelser"
Konstnär/Tillverkare
DateringDaterad: Dat. mitten av 1800-talet
Material / Teknik
Måtth x b x dj: Mått 56,5 x 42 x 2 cm h x b x dj: Ram 57 x 43 x 4 cm
InventarienummerNMI 142
Andra titlarTitel (sv): "Över Dig, Nåderika, glädja sig alla skapade varelser" Titel (en): "It is proper" "Dostoyno yest"
BeskrivningBeskrivning: Beskrivning i Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, kat. nr. 245: Se beskrivning i den engelska versionen Beskrivning: Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 245: "It is proper" "Dostoyno yest" Middle of 19th century NMI 142 Wood: Alder (Alnus sp.), egg tempera. Panel made of two boards with two splines inlaid from opposite sides; back painted grey with oil. Inscriptions a t.: A) Signature in pencil in Cyrillic letters: I Ars[...]; B) Ink stamp of the Soviet State Export Committee PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg; Gift of O.Aschberg 1933 BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 142; Kjellin 1956, p 251 CONSERVATION: Restored prior to entering NM: cracks through the panel mended, one of them with new wood and a metal plate on the lower edge, insertions of wax and scattered retouches; NM 1959: crack in upper edge mended, blisters consolidated. Wood loss from crack in bottom edge. The upper register of the picture shows the Mother of God with the Christ Child on her knee, sitting on the heavenly throne and attended by angels. To the left and right of the heavenly throne respectively are two hymn-writers, John of Damascus and St Cosmas of Mayum (Ru. Kozma Maiumskii), both with scrolls showing the opening words of the two central hymns of their own composition to the Mother of God. The text of the one on the left begins: “O Tebe raduetsya...”(“In Thee rejoiceth”) while that on the right begins “Dostoyno yest...”(“It is proper...”). The lower register is occupied by prophets who foretold the birth of the Mother of God, the Immaculate Conception and the Nativity of Christ. Most of them are carrying scrolls with quotations from their respective prophesies. Among them we notice Kings Solomon and David and the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel. The title of the whole of this iconography tallies with the opening words of one of the above mentioned hymns to the Mother of God “Dostoyno yest” (Gr. “Axion estin”), which occurs in the liturgical service of St John Chrysostom. This motif was especially popular during the second half of the 16th century.1 It is related to the one called Pokhvala Bogomateri in Russian and “Apantes i profite.. ” in Greek (All prophets ..). It dates back originally to a late Byzantine tradition, which can be seen for example on an icon in the Byzantine Institute in Venice.2 Painted on old panel probably over an earlier version. 1 Smirnova 1989, pp 304–305, fig 186. 2 Chatzidakis 1962, p 23. [slut]
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