ROYAL DOORS

Creator(s): Unknown (Painter)

Currently in storage

About this object

In the top gables of the doors the Annunciation is depicted, Archangel Gabriel on the left and the seated Virgin on the right. Below these are the Evangelists. On the top of the left door St. John is seated on an elaborate bench on a hillside and dictating to his companion St. Prochorus. Below St. Mark is seated in an architectural setting, writing his gospel. On the upper right hand door is St Matthew in an architectural setting holding a beautifully bound book, while on the lower half is St. Luke in a similar architectural setting writing on a scroll. In each instance, the symbol of the evangelist appears in a red reserve in the sky above. Above the doors is the canopy on which the Eucharist is depicted in two parts. On the left, Christ stands at an altar, giving bread to six of his disciples; to the right he offers wine to the other six. The entire complex of scenes is united by the small, half-length figure of God Sabaoth in an eliptical mandorla in the middle of the canopy's upper edge.

Object name:

ROYAL DOORS

Made from:

Tempera on wood

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

16th Century

Size:

198.1 × 78.7 cm (78 × 31 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

54.5

Class:

ICON

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973