Two Panels from a Polyptych

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

18th century

Geography

Russia

Culture

Russian Empire

Medium

Metal alloy

Dimensions

‘12.25 oz. (347.3 g)’.

Closed:

‘6/1 × 3/12 × 0/4 in. (5.2 × 9.5 × 0.6 cm)’

Open:

‘6/1 × 7/1 × 0/4 in. (5.2 × 8.0 × 0.6 cm)’

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.302

Provenance

Purchased by David P. Harris from Morony Galleries in Washington, DC on January 4, 1965.

Condition

There is a crack on the right side of the left panel. The paint is chipped on both the right and left panels. The enamel is chipped on all three sides.

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

(To see the translation for the cover, please view additional documents. The names listed under the translations are the names of each icon for the right wing of the icon.)

Left panel:

Scene 1: The elevation of the honorable and life-bringing cross of our lord

Воздвиженые честнаго и животворашаго критя ГДНА

Vozvizheniye chestnago i zhivotvoshchago gdna

Scene 2: Resurrection of Christ

Воскресеные хрство

Voskreseniye hrstvo

Scene 3: The Ascension of Christ

Вознесеные ГДНЕ

Vozheseniye gdne

Scene 4: holy Trinity

Сшяе трця

Sshyae trtsya

Scene 5: Dormition of the holy mother of god

Осупенни превиятия бдцп

Ouspenie Presvyatuiya bdtsp

Right Panel:

Scene 6: Image of the Praise of the Most Holy Mother of God

Образ роквали превятыя бдцп

Pokhvalui Presvyatuiya bdtsp

Scene 7: The venerable Aleksander the venerable Saint Kirill Byelozerskiy

П Александар с п Кирилъ бе

P Aleksander s p Kiril be

(Tikhvin)

Scene 8: Saint Maxim Saint Vasili

С Максим сб Васили

S Maksim sb Vasili

(Vladimir)

Scene 9: The venerable Antoniy Pecherskiy, The venerable Feodosiy

П Антонин Пе П Феодосий

P Antonin pe p Feodosi

(Smolensk)

Scene 10: The venerable Antoniy Rimlyanin, The venerable Leonti Rostovskiy

П Антонин Ри П Леонти Ро

P Antonin Re P Leontin Ro

(The sign)

Inscription translation provided by Collette Barnett

Description

These are the two right panels of the original four. Each consists of a square surmounted by an ogee top and divided into four compartments to enclose the scenes. The left panel depicts 5 church feasts: Elevation of the Cross, Anastasis, Ascension, Trinity, and Dormition of the Virgin. The right-hand panel depicts the famous miraculous icons of the Virgin: Smolesnk, Vladimir, the sign, and Tikhvin being venerated by local clergy and saints. The back of the left-hand panel, which serves as a cover for the icon when it is closed, depicts a cross with the instruments of the Passion in front of the city of Jerusalem. The image of the cross is enclosed with a medallion and surrounded by an ornamental frame. The decoration of the panels is done with relief.