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Icon "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker", inv. no. Ж-1083: photo 1 of 5
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Icon "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker", inv. no. Ж-1083: photo 1 of 5
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Painting and graphics · Icons

Icon "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker"

Inv. no. Ж-1083 · Painting and graphics

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The icon shows a half-length, frontal image of the saint as an elderly man, in episcopal vestments: sakkos, maphorion-like omophorion, and a mitre on his head. He blesses with his right hand and holds a closed Gospel in his left. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Wood, metal, enamel
Technique
Oil painting, chasing, enameling
Dimensions
22 × 17.9 × 2.5 cm

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

Description

The icon shows a half-length, frontal image of the saint as an elderly man, in episcopal vestments: sakkos, maphorion-like omophorion, and a mitre on his head. He blesses with his right hand and holds a closed Gospel in his left. The icon is set in a metal riza, on which the saint's garments and the Gospel are worked in relief, decorated with blue and light-blue enamel, with a frame of floral ornament around the perimeter of the riza. The halo is applied, with a floral ornament, decorated with pink and light-blue enamel. At the bottom is the inscription: "ST. NICHOLAS THE WONDER[WORKER]." Beneath the riza, the saint's oil-painted head and hands are visible. Yellow-brown tones predominate in the painting.

On the reverse, on a metal plate, is an inscription (in Russian): "To the deeply revered pastor, Father Georgii Grekov, from the grateful parishioners of the Church of St. Nicholas in the sloboda of Pisky, for his diligent care for the splendor of the church. September 15, 1909."

Record

Inventory number
Ж-1083
Title
Icon "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker"
Collection group
Painting and graphics · Icons
Date
20th century
Material
Wood, metal, enamel
Technique
Oil painting, chasing, enameling
Dimensions
22 × 17.9 × 2.5 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Orthodoxy

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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