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Forty Warrior - Saint Martyrs of Sebaste |
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11th century. 44 x 33 cm Tempera on canvas overlaid on board. From the Church of the Mother of God Peribleptos (St. Clement’s), Ohrid. Today - Icon Gallery, Ohrid. Condition: Damaged at several places. Ground and layer of paint have flaked off, causing total destruction of the heads of some of the martyrs while a number are severely damaged. The frame is badly damaged. The figure of Jesus Christ in the segment of the sky totally damaged. Inscription partly damaged. |
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Iconography: Besides the famous mosaic icon of the Forty Martyrs at Dumbarton Oaks, 14th century, and a contemporary, unpublished icon from Chilandari, this Ohrid icon is the oldest example of its kind. This composition was painted in frescoes in Macedonia in the churches of St. Sophia, Ohrid and St. Leontius, Vodoca, in the 11th century. Later on, it was painted in the Church of the Holy Archangel Michael in the monastery dedicated to the Holy Anchorite Gabriel of Lesnovo in the village of Lesnovo near Zletovo. Also found in the painting at Zica and Decani and in other churches. Well-know miniatures are at the British Museum and in the Moscow Synodal Library, such as the ivory icons in Berlin and St. Petersburg. Origin: It is not known from which of the churches of Ohrid this icon came. It can be presumed that it was made for the Church of St, Sophia in Ohrid. However, stylistic analysis shows that it is not from the hand of an icon-painter that worked on frescoes in this cathedral Church. Conservation: Conserved in the laboratory of the Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments, Skopje.
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