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HAGIOGRAPHISCHES PROSKYNETARION (MONUMENTALE PILGERIKONE)

Lot 1812
15.11.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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€ 3 300
AuctioneerHargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
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Lot 1812 | HAGIOGRAPHISCHES PROSKYNETARION (MONUMENTALE PILGERIKONE)
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€ 2 000 – 4 000
A MONUMENTAL PROSKYNETARION WITH THE DEPICTION OF JERUSALEM AND SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST Jerusalem, dated 1914 Oil on canvas, the haloes made of gold. The composition focuses on the central images of the walled holy city of Jerusalem and the Last Judgement (heaven and hell) directly above. The iconography of the left side of the composition is related to the Virgin. The right side is related to Christ. Both are surrounded by notably Christological scenes from the Life and Passion of Christ. The side borders portraying images of Saints and Church Fathers. The graphic composition painted with bold colours. Signed and dated 'SOPHIA CHRISTO STEPHANOV 1914'. Partially restored, losses. 150 x 111 cm. The overall composition adheres to a description of the Holy Land as recorded in pilgrims' guidebooks known proskynetaria, with which it is linked in terms of the style of the depictions, the conventional, two-dimensional rendering of buildings, and the insistence on standard iconography in the presentation of the scenes. Monumental proskynetaria, created as souvenirs for wealthy pilgrims in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, display the notion of the Holy Land as the summation of Christian pilgrimage and pious experience. Large icons, created with similar intentions, were obviously used not only to remind their owners of their pilgrimage, but also as focal points of exclusive monastic or even private worship at home, physically distant, but spiritually intimately linked with the Holy City itself.

HAGIOGRAPHISCHES PROSKYNETARION (MONUMENTALE PILGERIKONE) Jerusalem, datiert 1914 Öl auf Leinwand, partielle Vergoldung. 150 x 111 cm (ohne Rahmen. Signiert und datiert 'SOPHIA CHRISTO STEPHANOV 1914'. Achsialsymmetrische Komposition. In der Mitte Darstellung Jerusalems mit der Darstellung der Passion Christi, der Kreuzigung und Kreuzabnahme. Zu beiden Seiten wird das Zentrum flankiert von der Gottesmutter und Christi jeweils in Medaillons gerahmt von Propheten. Entlang des oberen und unteren Randes verschiedene Heiligendarstellungen, Vitaszenen und Begebenheiten aus dem Alten und Neuen Testament mit kirchenslawischen Beischriften. Proskynetaria sind Ikonen auf textilem Bildträger, die in Palästina zwischen dem frühen 18. und dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert als Souvenirs für Pilgerreisende hergestellt wurden. Für die seit dem 18. Jahrhundert dominierende hagiographische Proskynetaria ist die Hauptdarstellung der Heiligen Stadt mit der Grabeskirche und dem Heiligen Grab charakteristisch. Sie tragen in der Regel Inschriften, welche in der jeweiligen Sprache des Pilgers die Reise datiert. Man nimmt an, dass Proskynetaria in Jerusalemer Werkstätten von den dortigen Ikonenmalern das ganze Jahr über und zumeist in Serie hergestellt wurden, um sie zur Osterzeit an Pilger zu verkaufen. Min. Farbverluste, partiell rest.

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