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SAINT NICHOLAS AND SCENES FROM HIS LIFE

Articlenumber: 559 ie, Russian, ca. 1600

SAINT NICHOLAS AND SCENES FROM HIS LIFE

SAINT NICHOLAS AND SCENES FROM HIS LIFE
Tempera on wood
40,5 x 34,5 cm
Russian, ca. 1600

St. Nicholas is depicted in the center, surrounded by sixteen scenes from his life: The Nativity of St. Nicholas, the Baptism of St. Nicholas, he heals as a child the hands of a woman, the instruction, the Installation of St. Nicholas as deacon, the Installation of St. Nicholas as Bishop, the Apparition of St. Nicholas to Emperor Constantin, he saved the three innocent men from the execution, St. Nicholas exorcises a demon from a fountain, he saves 3 virgins from disgrace, the Saint saves the ship in distress at sea, he saves the drowning man, the translation of the relics of St. Nicholas, the entombment of St. Nicholas.

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