Coronation of the Virgin Mary / Koronubania Divy Maryi
ID:
5189
Updated:
04.04.2025
Name:
Coronation of the Virgin Mary / Koronubania Divy Maryi
Author:
Unknown artist
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
XIX century
Type:
Ікона
Technique of implementation:
Painting, iconography
Materials:
Board, oil
Dimensions:
27,7x39,8 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1682, КП – 7179
Location of special signs:
On the back of the board
Description:
The folk icon is a three-figure composition; in the center, kneeling, is the Virgin Mary with her hands folded in prayer in a white mafia, red hymen, dark green chiton decorated with yellow tassels and ornamentation along the edges of the sleeves. Around the head is a black halo with a yellow dotted outline, above which is a crown in the form of a mitre held by Jesus Christ (left) and God the Father (right). On both sides of the crown are the initials of the Virgin Mary. At the top, on the left, is Jesus Christ in a black and green chiton and a red hymen. The right hand is in a blessing gesture, on the left shoulder is a large yellow cross, above the horizontal bar are the initials. Around the head is a black halo with a yellow dotted outline. To the right is God the Father in a red chiton and green hymen, bordered by an ornamental stripe covering the entire figure. Above the head is a triangular halo with yellow dotted lines along the contour, with initials on both sides. The left hand, on the knee, supports the scepter and the scepter. Above the Virgin is a light ochre dove (the Holy Spirit), from which rays "shine". Christ and God the Father are on the light ochre segments of the clouds. The background is dark, the border is light brown.
Traces of renewal of the paint layer and ground. Fine sprinkling of paint. Treatment of the reverse side with a violation of the wood texture, filling cracks with a dark mixture.
Traces of renewal of the paint layer and ground. Fine sprinkling of paint. Treatment of the reverse side with a violation of the wood texture, filling cracks with a dark mixture.
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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