15-TABLE ICON

Tempera on board, 103 x 35,5 cm, Russia, 19th century.

Folding iconostasis, polyptych of fourteen wings.
In the central part there is a deesis scene: Christ Pantocrator surrounded by Mary the Mother of God and John the Baptist. above it a scene of the Crucifixion and Resurrection and an image of the Mother of God with a child in a mandorla - "Znamieniye". In the lower part representations of the four Evangelists. The side wings are divided into four rows according to the iconostasis: the bottom row with depictions of the Mother of God, John the Baptist, the Archangels - Michael and Gabriel and the holy patriarchs. Above, the rows depicting the saints - prazdniki: Resurrection of Lazarus, Presentation of Jesus in the temple, Nativity, Annunciation, Raising of the Cross, Birth of Mary, Entry into Jerusalem, Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan - Epiphany, Introduction of Mary to the temple, Transfiguration of the Lord, Assumption, Three Angels to Abraham, Dormition of the Virgin Mary. In the third
and fourth rows images of the ancients, prophets and patriarchs.