2004.15.15

Collection type

Object

Description

Hand-painted wooden diptych of the heads of Christ and Mother of God.

Long description

Either icon is painted on a rectangular piece of wood with rounded corners. The back of both pieces of wood is carved in relief with a border incised with lines (the effect of this on the border on the back of the image of Christ is a rope-like pattern, and on the back of the image of the Mother of God a zig-zag pattern). Inside this border is carved a cross. Both crosses are different and, along with the borders, have been highlighted in gold paint. The rest of the carving is painted with a reddish-brown pigment. In addition, along the edge of the border on the back of the image of the Mother of God the artist has incised his name in capital letters. The edges of both paintings is painted red. They are joined by two metal hinges so that they fold together. Attached to the outer side of each of the images is a leather cord painted red, for securing the diptych when closed. [JP 19/2/2004]

Geographical reference

Romania

Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania

Iasi

Cultural groups

Romanian

Person

Maker Tudor Pantelimonescu

Field collector Gabriel Hanganu

PRM source Gabriel Hanganu

Date / Period

Date made: 2001

Date collected

October 2003

Acquisition information

Purchased: 2004

Materials and processes

Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Gold Foil Metal, Process Painted

Dimensions

Height 8 mm of each painting, Length x Width 120 x 88 mm of each painting

Object numbers

Accession number: 2004.15.15 Other numbers: 15

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Religion, Painting, Religious Object