Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great of Caesarea, St. Gregory the Theologian of Nazianzus, and St. John Chrysostom of Antioch, The

Name/Title

Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great of Caesarea, St. Gregory the Theologian of Nazianzus, and St. John Chrysostom of Antioch, The

Entry/Object ID

2005.02.052

Description

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

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

Date made

1854

Place

Country

Russia

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Left side of middle and far right men's halos, bottom left corner under left man's feet

Transcription

Woman's head with diadem and 84, СР

Language

Cyrillic

Translation

SR

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

8-3/4 in

Width

7 in

Depth

3/4 in

Exhibition

Spirit Made Tangible: The Scheuring Icon Collection (2006)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

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.