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.
