Unsleeping Eye of our Lord
Iconography: Ever Watchful Eye of Our Lord
Date: XVII century. The second half of the 17th c.
Iconographic school/art center: Murom
Origin: From the Annunciation Convent (?) in Murom
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 93,5 cm, width 66 cm
In the center of the icon, against the pastures of Heaven, is a couch on curved legs with balusters. On it there lies Christ Emmanuel portrayed with open eyes. To the left of the couch stands the Mother of God, to Her right is an angel holding the instruments of Passion – a lance and a stick with a sponge (their images are strongly stylized, being reminiscent of two rods with round, rhomb-shaped finials). In the top, in a segment of heaven is the Lord Sabaoth blessing with both hands, flanked by the moon and the sun. In the upper part of the icon is an inscription written in ornamental script: “Недреманное око Господа нашего Иисуса … воздремлет», ниже приписано «… [х] раня Израиля”
General view