11. Religious icon on glass, "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker", attributed to painter Ioan Pop, Făgăraş, the first half of the 19th century, rare piece, collector’s item
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11. Religious icon on glass, "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker", attributed to painter Ioan Pop, Făgăraş, the first half of the 19th century, rare piece, collector’s item
Starting price:
EUR 350
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EUR 350
tempera and silver foil on glass, painted frame, 45 x 39.5 cm
Research information
So far there are 3 known similar icons, one in the Museum Collection of the Orthodox Archdiocese - Alba Iulia and two included in private collections. Two similar icons are published in "... Prin mine, Ioan Pop Zugravulâ ("...Through me, Ioan Pop the Painter"), by Ioana Rusoiu, Elena BÄjenaru, Ana Dumitran and SzÅcs Fülöp Károly, Alba Iulia, 2008, p. 155, pos. 178 and 179. A similar icon is published in "ColecÈia MuÈat: O geografie spiritualÄ a icoanei pe sticlÄ transilvÄneneâ ("The MuÈat Collection: A spiritual geography of Transylvanian Icon on glassâ), by Ana Dumitran, Bucharest 2018, p. 200.
Represented at bust-level, in high priest attire, with the closed Gospel on the left and hand gesturing a blessing with the right, the Saint has beside him the three officers saved from death.
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