Catherine, St.
Iconography: Catherine of Alexandria, the Great Martyress
Date: XVII century. The late 17th c.
Origin: From the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Murom.
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 88,5 cm, width 68 cm
The half-length figure of St. Catherine. The great martyr is portrayed in royal vestment with loros and a crown, holding a cross with her raised right hand. In her right hand she holds an unfolded scroll with a nearly destroyed inscription (Catherine’s scroll normally carried the words of her prayer for the dying (Господи Боже мой, услыши мя, елико аще тебе се молю. Аще кто вспомянет имя мое Екатерину при исходе душа его, проводи его миром). The unusually broad and stumpy figure of the saint not fitting into the icon board area, a big face with roundish brows and a small mouth produces a monumental impression.
General view