Descent into Hell
Iconography: Resurrection – The Descent into Hell
Date: XVI century.
Iconographic school/art center: Yaroslavl school
Origin: From the Savior-Transfiguration Cahedral, Spasskiy Monastery (?), Yaroslavl.
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 78 cm, width 65 cm
The icon from the festival row. In the central part is the figure of Jesus Christ leading Adam and Eva out of Hell. On either side of Christ, against hills, stand the Old Testament prophets and righteous.
Inv. № 913. © Yaroslavl Art Museum
Bibliography:
Иконы Ярославля XIII — середины XVII века. М., 2009. Т. 1. Кат. № 2.
General view