Icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker/Miracle Worker (attired as a bishop) Painting

Painting: Wood, Cut-back centre portion, Canvas (“Pavoloka”) on Wood, Gesso (“Levkas”) on Wood, Egg Tempera, Gilding Saint Nicholas, also called Nikolaos of Myra or Nicholas of Bari, was Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor, and is a historic Christian saint. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of travelers, sailors, merchants, children, brewers, pawnbrokers and students. His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the traditional model of Santa Claus ("Saint Nick") through Sinterklaas. Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is portrayed waist-length, attired as a bishop – white polystaurion with black crosses and an omophorion covering his shoulders, the hemline of which and partly covers his left arm. His right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing and his left hand holds a Gospel book with a red edge. The face of the saint with a high forehead and the deep set eyes is framed by the light hair and the curly beard. The silhouette of the figure is exquisite, the colors are pure but diluted by the light reduced ochres. The face is painted graphically and is covered with the intense highlights. The ascetic and austere image of St. Nicholas is distinguished by the unusually elongated and symmetrical contours, a long and thin nose, a motionless look of big eyes, raised eyebrows and deep wrinkles on forehead. The icon is noted for its contrast color solution – a white polystaurion with black crosses against a red-cinnabar (vermilion) background and a light ochre (with yellowish tint) borders of the icon panel. The icon looks old-time and very similar to the original ancient icons of the 16th century. The icon is executed in technique of ancient art imitation. This iconography was widespread in 16th century Russian icon-painting. The faces are executed in accordance with the 16th century Russian tradition. This icon is a unique, one of a kind works of art best represents the ancient art imitation. I developed my own unique style and created modern Russian Icons stylized under olden time, created in the style of XVI century. Executed in great details, one will discover ever over time, always new and intriguing details. On the bottom margin carries the descriptive text (text labels). The inscription contains information on how the icon was painted and about of those who had ordered this icon. The inscription is written in the old Slavanic language. The icon is written in the ancient tradition, in strict accordance with the canon, iconographic traditions and the ancient technology of the iconography. On the reverse of the icon is my signature. Please understand colors may vary slightly between the actual painting and the image on your screen due to my digital camera’s results and your monitor. Let me know if you have any questions! I will be happy to answer. Thanks for looking!

Painting:Tempera on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16 W x 23 H x 1 D in

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