Ascension
Iconography: Ascension of Our Lord
Date: XVI century.
Iconographic school/art center: Yaroslavl school
Origin: From the Savior-Transfiguration Cahedral, Spasskiy Monastery (?), Yaroslavl.
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 80,4 cm, width 65,2 cm
The icon from the festival row. The icon depicts the scene of the Ascension of Our Lord. In the lower part of the icon are the twelve apostles and the Holy Virgin with the angels. Above, in the center, against a mandorla supported by the angels, is the figure of Jesus Christ.
Inv. № 911. © Yaroslavl Art Museum
Bibliography:
Иконы Ярославля XIII — середины XVII века. М., 2009. Т. 1. Кат. № 43.
General view