Transfiguration
Iconography: Transfiguration of Our Lord
Iconographic school/art center: Pskov icon-painting school
Origin: From the church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Pskov
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 91 cm, width 68 cm
The icon from the Festival row of iconostasis. On the central pinnacle of the rocky landscape stands Christ dressed in white clothes decorated with the golden assist holding a scroll in His hands. To His left and to His right are prophets Elijah and Moses, behind them on the other pinnacles stand the angels. In the lower part of the icon are represented the figures of apostles Peter, John and Jacob. The icon has a specific feature: the depiction of the apostles and Christ who ascend on the Mount Fabor and descend from it.