St. martyr Ioan the warrior / Sv. muchenik Ioann voin
ID:
4603
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
St. martyr Ioan the warrior / Sv. muchenik Ioann voin
Author:
Unknown artist
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
ХVIII century
Type:
Ікона
Technique of implementation:
Painting, iconography
Materials:
Wood, tempera
Dimensions:
26x30 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 853, КП – 2985
Location of special signs:
On the back of the board
Description:
On a dark green ground is a full-length figure in a dark green shirt, over which is a golden chainmail, with a developing cloak behind his shoulders; pink ports of dark gray striped boots. With his left hand, the saint supports a spearhead with a broad red "flag". The right hand with two fingers raised up is set aside. The background is white, the margins are ocher. The surface of the image is heavily soiled, with traces of worn varnish in places. Chipping of the corners and bottom edge, paint and soil deposits at the edges, oval spot (0.7 x 1.2) deposits at the bottom right. Reverse - No parallel incised dowels, nail marks on the left.
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:
Links
Archive links
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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