Icon depicting Abel as the forerunner of all the Christian martyrs

Russian

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

1700 - 1725

The subject of the icon is unusual. Abel is dressed in a long robe of shaggy animal fur, and is identified by the inscription in Cyrillic script. Stylistically it belongs to a tradition of icon painting dating back to the earliest examples. However, by this relatively late date an attempt had already been made to introduce a more sophisticated style of icon.

• Medium: tempera & gold leaf on wooden panel
• Dimensions: 107 x 41 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £304 ( Total: £1,217)
• ArtFunded in: 1989
• Vendor: Mark Gallery

Provenance

Mark Gallery.

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