Russian antique icon Twelve Feasts restored 30x40 cm
Russian antique icon Twelve Feasts restored 30x40 cm.
Hand painted by the iconography masters of the Golden Ring, and restored in Moscow's laboratories.
Starting from the XVIII century, in Russia, a few iconographic schemes grouped in a single representation the cycle of the 12 feasts, placed on the edges and surrounding the image of Easter, which was in the centre because it's considered as the Mother od all Feasts.
In these compositions the central scenes gains a great importance. It features dif...
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Russian antique icon Twelve Feasts restored 30x40 cm.
Hand painted by the iconography masters of the Golden Ring, and restored in Moscow's laboratories.
Starting from the XVIII century, in Russia, a few iconographic schemes grouped in a single representation the cycle of the 12 feasts, placed on the edges and surrounding the image of Easter, which was in the centre because it's considered as the Mother od all Feasts.
In these compositions the central scenes gains a great importance. It features different multiple elements which together represent the theologic and biblical message of Easter.
The descent of Christ into hell, the procession of the Blessed into Heaven, the resurrection of Christ from the sepulchre, the apparition on the Lake Tiberias.
Iconographic description of the 12 Feasts:
1 Trinity of the Old Testament
2 Nativity of Mary
3 Presentation of Mary at the temple
4 Annunciation
5 Birth of Jesus
6 Baptism
7 Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
8 Entry in Jerusalem
9 Transfiguration
10 Ascension
11 Dormition of Mary
12 Feast of the Cross
In the central part - Resurrection of Christ (Easter).
