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Great Martyr George, with scenes from his life

Iconography:  George, St.

Date: XVII century. 1669

Iconographic school/art center:  Murom?

Origin: From the Church of St. George in Murom

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 114 cm, width 74,6 cm

The center of the icon portrays the monumental figure of St. George almost full-width of the icon. He is shown wearing military garment, full-length, in a frontal position, standing on the dark ground. His right arm, pulled aside and folded in a benedictory gesture, is stretched to one of the border scenes, with his right holding a long sword by his side; behind his left shoulder is a shield. Saint George is young and beardless, with an oval face and a thick head of curly hair (the initial painting of the face is fully lost, his features were outlined anew during the restoration process). The saint is dressed in a rich armor suit and a long red cloak with exquisite pattern. 


Border scenes: 

1. The prayer of St. George 

2. St. George declares his worship of Jesus to Emperor Diocletian 

3. St. George in prison 

4. St. George being led to torture (?) 

5. St. George tortured with an iron hook 

6. St. George broken on the wheel 

7. St. George tortured with a stone 

8. The angel appears to St. George in prison 

9. St. George tortured with a saw 

10. The angel appears to St. George in prison once again 

11. St. George speaks to Emperor Diocletian 

12. The emperor orders to continue the torture of St. George (?) 

13. St. George is being tortured with fire 

14. St. George tortured on a burning metal bullock 

15. The decapitation of St. George 

16. The entombment of St. George 

 Deposited in the Museum on March 4, 1935

© Murom Museum of History and Art

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