Sergius of Radonezh, Reverend
Iconography: Sergius of Radonezh, Venerable
Date: XVII century. Second half of the 17th century
Origin: From the Deesis row of iconostasis of the church commemorating Saint Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian in the Troitse-Blagoveshchenskaya Sinoezerskaya hermitage in Ustyuzhenskiy district, Novogorodskaya region (now Chagodishchenskiy district, Vologodskaya region). The hermitage was founded in 1600 by reverend Euphrosynus Sinoezerskiy (+1612).
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 93 cm, width 35 cm
The icon from the Deesis row of iconostasis. Full-length depiction of reverend Sergius of Radonezh.
Was deposited in 1936.
Restoration: Vologda branch of the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, 1992, restorer – Sergeeva O.V.
Inv. №1056/2. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 58 (Илл. 59).
General view
Reverend Sergius of Radonezh. Fragment
Face of the saint