Icon. The Prophet Ason. Set: Prophetic row of the iconostasis of the Transfiguration Church on Kizhi Island

The icon depicts the prophet Ason, part of the prophetic row of the iconostasis of the Transfiguration Church on Kizhi Island. It was created in the first quarter of the XVIII century. The icon is made in the technique of tempera on three coniferous boards using pavoloka and gesso. On the icon, the prophet is depicted in a three-quarter turn, with his right hand raised, and with his left hand he holds an open scroll with a fragment of the text of the prophecy. The prophet's clothes are a blue chiton and a yellow-brown himatium.

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Period
Первая четверть XVIII в.
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живопись
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темпера, дерево, паволока, левкас
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[Олонецкая губ.]
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