St Nicholas the Wonderworker / Mykola Chudotvorets
ID:
4332
Updated:
28.01.2025
Name:
St Nicholas the Wonderworker / Mykola Chudotvorets
Author:
Mikhail Shibanov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1783-1785
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, iconography
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
57,5x104 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 543, КП – 1075
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Oval. Posterior image of the saint en face. Large bald forehead. Curly gray hair, beard and moustache. The left hand, bent at the elbow, is raised up. In his right hand is a red-brown book with gilding. In a blue chiton and a purple cloth, a gray, gold-embroidered omophorion. On the chest - a medallion and a cross. At the level of the head is the inscription "Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker" ("С.Миколай Чудотворець"). Above left on a cloud is the Mother of God sitting with a veil on the right - a saint in pink and green clothes. Restoration done in the Rostov Scientific Restoration Workshops in 1977-1981.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Details of theft
Year of the incident:
2022
Place of the incident:
The Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum
Coordinates (Lat, Lon):
46.62979067231111, 32.609546919505945
Place of last known stay:
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Description of the incident location
It was opened on May 27, 1978, in the former City Hall building, an architectural monument of the early 20th century. As of 2022 (before the robbery), the museum's collection included more than 13 thousand works of art and was one of the most interesting museum collections in Ukraine. It includes works of Ukrainian and foreign painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied arts. From October 31 to November 4, 2022, the Kherson Art Museum was looted by the russian occupiers, and more than 10,000 of its most valuable exhibits were stolen. The cargo was sent to Crimea, and the works (all or part of them) ended up in the Simferopol Central Museum of Tavrida. It is unknown whether everything is still there.
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