Metropolitan Alexis
Iconography: Alexis St., Metropolitan of all Russia and Wonderworker of Moscow
Date: XVI century.
Iconographic school/art center: Pskov icon-painting school
Origin: From the church of archangel Michael in the village Melnitsy of the Pskovsky district in the Pskov region
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 176 cm, width 64 cm
The icon from the Deesis row of iconostasis. Full-length depiction of metropolitan Alexis in a three-quarter turn holding a Gospel book in his hands. He is represented with his traditional attributes – the white klobuk, the sakkos and the omophorion.
Inv. № 2721. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve
Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 80. С. 265.
General view