ST. TIKHON AND ST. MITROPHAN
Creator(s): Unknown (Painter) , Matvei Nikiforov (Attributed to)
Currently in storage
About this object
Two canonized archbishops of Voronezh are depicted in this small travelling icon. On the left stands St. Tikhon with miter, crozier, and panagia and on the right St. Mitrophan, wearing a monk's cowl and holding a crozier. Their initials are engraved onto the plain halo that surrounds each of their heads. Above them in a scroll of clouds is Christ Pantocrator with the orb and cross. All but the hands and faces of the saints is covered by a silver oklad on which are engraved the saints' vestments and a powerful radiance emanating from the figure of Christ. A narrow silver edge frames the icon, and a silver suspension ring is attached to the top edge. The back is covered with brown velvet.
- Object name:
- ST. TIKHON AND ST. MITROPHAN
- Made from:
- Tempera on wood -- silver -- velvet
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1862
- Size:
- 8.9 × 7.6 cm (3 1/2 × 3 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 54.37
- Class:
- ICON
- Signature marks:
- MARKS S. Sh / 1862 (in square) for tester Semen Shebanov, 84, St. George and the Dragon for Moscow [on lower left recto and on bottom edge]; MN in Cyrillic, probably Matvei Nikiforov [on lower left recto] [OKLAD] INSCRIPTIONS "2 right" (in ink); "Ch" (cyrillic in pencil); illegible inscriptions [ICON: verso]; "S.T." and "S.M." (in the haloes) [OKLAD]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973