Great martyr Paraskeva Pyatnitsa
Iconography: Parasceva of Iconium (Pyatnitsa), the Great Martyress
Date: XV century. The second half of the 15th c.
Iconographic school/art center: Novgorod school
Origin: From the Сhurch of Great martyr George on the river Svidi, Khotenovskaya volost, Kargopol uezd.
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 60 cm, width 39 cm
The icon represents the half-length figure of Great Martyr St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, portrayed in a frontal pose. In her right hand she holds the octangular martyrdom cross, and in her right, hidden under the wrinkles of her clothes, an alabaster (a jar with myrrh). This jar, a healer’s attribute, is rarely encountered in the iconography of Paraskeva, which is usually portrayed with a cross and scroll.
Inv. NO ВОКМ 5168 © Vologda State Museum of History, Architecture and Art
General view
Paraskeva Pyatnitsa. A fragment