File:Russian - Icon of Saint Nicholas - Walters 44648.jpg
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[edit]Icon of Saint Nicholas
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Anonymous (Russian artist) |
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Icon of Saint Nicholas |
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English: St. Nicholas, the 4th-century bishop of Myra (in present-day Turkey), was one of the most venerated saints in Russia. Considered almost a "national" saint, he was second only to the Mother of God as a protector and intercessor with God. The small figures in the icon's upper corners refer to the legend in which Christ and the Virgin appeared to Nicholas before he was elected bishop. The saint holds a Gospel book open to the passage read on his feast day, December 6: "At that time Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast" (Luke 6:17). |
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| Date | circa 1800 (Modern) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | copper alloy, gilt, champlevé enamel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 28 cm (11 in); width: 24.5 cm (9.6 in); depth: 0.4 cm (0.1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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44.648 |
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| Place of creation | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | A Millennium of Christianity: Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989. Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-1997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Bequest of Mrs. Marguerite E. Blake, 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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| current | 07:40, 20 March 2012 | | 902 × 1,024 (352 KB) | File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Russian |title = ''Icon of Saint Nicholas'' |description = {{en|St. Nicholas, the 4th-century bishop of Myra (in present-day Turkey), was one of the most venerated... |
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