Forefather Nasson, prophets Isaiah and Habakkuk

Iconography:  Habakkuk the prophet, Isaias, the prophet, Nasson, the forefather

Date: XVI century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Pskov icon-painting school

Origin: From the church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Lyubyatovo

Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 131 cm, width 65 cm

In the lower tier of the icon are represented the prophets Isaiah and Habakkuk depicted full-length. Under the keeled roof is the half-figure of forefather Nasson with the unfolded scroll in his hands.


Inv. № 1685. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve

Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 143. С. 454.

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