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Icon frame with an image of the Venerable Nilus of Stolobny the Wonderworker, inv. no. М-117 ЛБС-180: photo 1 of 5
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Icon frame with an image of the Venerable Nilus of Stolobny the Wonderworker, inv. no. М-117 ЛБС-180: photo 1 of 5
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Metal · Church plate

Icon frame with an image of the Venerable Nilus of Stolobny the Wonderworker

Inv. no. М-117 ЛБС-180 · Metal

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The frame is made of a silver plate with cutouts for the "flesh" painting. Everything else is engraved in the field of the icon, including the linear frame decorated with floral compositions. Full description

Date
18th century
Material
Silver
Technique
Stamping, chasing, engraving
Dimensions
43 × 29 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

The frame is made of a silver plate with cutouts for the "flesh" painting. Everything else is engraved in the field of the icon, including the linear frame decorated with floral compositions. On the riza, on the left, is the figure of Nilus of Stolobny in monastic dress, shown against the backdrop of the hermitage he founded. In the upper right corner of the riza, Jesus Christ is depicted seated on a cloud, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing. In the upper left corner is a rocaille cartouche with the Church Slavonic text "The Image of the Venerable Nilus of Stolobny, the Wonderworker."

The object belonged to the pre-war (pre-1941) part of the collection of the Historical Museum. It was evacuated in 1941 and returned to Kharkiv in November 1944.

Record

Inventory number
М-117 ЛБС-180
Title
Icon frame with an image of the Venerable Nilus of Stolobny the Wonderworker
Collection group
Metal · Church plate
Date
18th century
Material
Silver
Technique
Stamping, chasing, engraving
Dimensions
43 × 29 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Orthodoxy

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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