Christ Pantocrator

Name/Title

Christ Pantocrator

Entry/Object ID

2005.02.039

Description

Painted flat wooden panel covered in silver riza backed in deep red velvet. The painting of Christ shows a man with brown hair and beard dressed in red tunic with gold line work and solid green cloak. He holds a gospel book in one hand and gestures blessings with the other. The riza gives him an ornate halo with Greek lettering and floral motif backgrounds. Makers marks in bottom left halo and under bottom edge.

Type of Painting

Panel

Collection

Betsy Scheuring Icon Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2005.02

Source or Donor

Betsy Scheuring

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Betsy Scheuring

Made/Created

Artist

Fiodor Timofeyev

Date made

circa 1850

Place

* Untyped Place

Moscow, Russia

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Lower left corner of halo, under bottom edge of riza

Transcription

ФТ, АК/ 1844, 84, image of a man on a horse

Language

Cyrillic

Translation

F.T. (Fiodor Timofeyev), A.K. (Andrey Kovalskiy), 84, St. George of Moscow (Moscow coat of arms)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Icon

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Religious

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Width

10-1/4 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Exhibitions

Spirit Made Tangible: The Scheuring Icon Collection (2006)
Surveying the Sacred: Analysis of the Scheuring Collection of Eastern Orthodox Icons (2025)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

During the 18th century, the desire for elaborate ornamentation on icons led to the invention of brass and silver icon covers called rizas. The riza of this icon is silver and covers the entire work except of the figure of Christ. The patterns on the surrounding riza were created using the engraving and repoussé techniques. This riza was originally created to cover another icon (2005.02.063). The riza was subsequently removed and a new icon was painted in the style of the original image and placed under the older riza.