Nativity of Christ
Iconography: Nativity of Christ
Date: XVII century. 1670s
Iconographic school/art center: Yaroslavl school
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 73,6 cm, width 59,8 cm
The icon from the festival row. In the center of the icon stands a manger with the Infant Christ, behind it sits the Holy Virgin To Mary’s right are the Magi with the offerings – gold, frankicence and myrrh. One of the Magi is depicted as an old man, the second one as a middle-aged man, and the third one as a young man. To left an Angel is telling a good news to a young shepherd. Saint Joseph sits in the lower right corner, before him stand an old men wearing animal skins. To left is a scene of the ablution of the Infant Christ.
Inv. № 771. © Yaroslavl Art Museum
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