Nicholas the Wonderworker, St.
Iconography: Nicholas (oplechny)
Date: XVI century. Late 16th century
Origin: From the Voskresensky Goritsky nuns’ convent, Kirillovsky district of the Novgorodskaya province (now village Goritsy in the Kirillovsky district, Vologodskaya region). The convent was founded in 1544 by princess Euphrosyne Staritskaya (monastic name – Eudocia).
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 37,7 cm, width 31 cm
The waist-length depiction of Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Was deposited in 1930.
Restoration: Vologda branch of the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, 1993, restorer – Rybakov A.A.
Inv. №560/2. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 28.
General view