Savior Emmanuel with Archangels
Iconography: Savior Emmanuel
Date: XII century. The end of the 12th c.
Origin: From the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin (from the central iconostasis, above the northern gates leading into the altar).
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 72 cm, width 129 cm
A shoulder-length image of the Savior Emmanuel with archangels facing him. Emmanuel stands in the central part of the icon, wearing a dark ochre chiton with thin golden assist; to the left is the Archangel Michael dressed in a purple-pink chiton and a dark-blue himation; to the right is the Archangel Gabriel in a blue chiton and a pink-purple himation. The archangels’ hairs are interlaced with blue straps with cased red stones.
Inv. № Др 1192. © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Bibliography:
Государственная Третьяковская Галерея. Каталог собрания. Древнерусское искусство X — начала XV века. Том I. № 12.
General view