Name/Title
Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great of Caesarea, St. Gregory the Theologian of Nazianzus, and St. John Chrysostom of Antioch, TheEntry/Object ID
2005.02.052Description
Engraved silver riza and partly painted flat wooden panel backed with stained olive velvet. The riza is bordered in floral designs and clothing of three male saints. On the left, a man with brown hair and beard holds one hand in a blessing gesture and a gospel with the other. In the middle, a man with white hair and beard with partially damaged halo holds one hand in a blessing gesture and another with a bowl covered in cloth. The third man has a shorter brown beard and hair and holds a cross in his free hand. His halo is undamaged.Type of Painting
PanelCollection
Betsy Scheuring Icon CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2005.02Source or Donor
Betsy ScheuringAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Betsy ScheuringInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Makers MarkLocation
Left side of middle and far right men's halos, bottom left corner under left man's feetTranscription
Woman's head with diadem and 84, СРLanguage
CyrillicTranslation
SRLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
IconNomenclature Primary Object Term
Symbol, ReligiousNomenclature Sub-Class
Religious ObjectsNomenclature Class
Ceremonial ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
8-3/4 inWidth
7 inDepth
3/4 inExhibition
Spirit Made Tangible: The Scheuring Icon Collection (2006)Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical ContextLabel
For an iconographic explanation, see 2005.02.095. Here, Basil holds a Gospel, Gregory a covered chalice, and John a cross. The three figures stand on a decorative pavement, and the border has an entwined foliate pattern.