St. Nicholas the Wonderworker / Sv. Mykolai Chudotvorets
ID:
4756
Updated:
10.02.2025
Name:
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker / Sv. Mykolai Chudotvorets
Author:
Unknown artist
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
Type:
Ікона
Technique of implementation:
Painting, iconography
Materials:
Wood, tempera
Dimensions:
27,8x31 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1307, КП – 5600
Location of special signs:
On the back of the board
Description:
Explanation. Head and figure in full face. Large open forehead with four arched folds, small eyes, thin long nose, small mouth, wedge-shaped beard. Around the head, the halo is ornamented with flowers and circles: at the top and on the sides. On his shoulders is an omophorion with crosses. The right hand is in a blessing gesture; in the left hand is an open Gospel with text. On the sides of the head are medallions: in the left - the right profile of Jesus Christ, in the right - the left profile of the Mother of God with a veil. The inscriptions above the medallions are indistinct: on the left - with us, on the right - St. Nicholas. The icon is with the ark. The side margins are ornamented with dots and circles of indistinct shape. On the reverse is Proshkribana: St. Nicholas and others. The inscriptions are not clear. The icon is heavily soiled, the varnish is blackened, the medicine is unclear, there are many losses and scratches. The board is curved. On the back there are two recesses for counter dowels 21x3 cm.
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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