Righteous life of the monks

Iconography:  Righteous life of the monks

Date: XIX century. Beginning of the 19th century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Tver.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 38,6 cm, width 103,5 cm

The icon represents the interior of a temple with a throne and the icons of the local tier of iconostasis. The foreground depicts the monks full-length, with the angels embracing them and the bishop putting wreaths upon the heads of the other monks.


Inv. № ДРЖ-2796. © Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, 2011

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