Aleksa Petrov
Aleksa Petrov (Russian: Алекса Петров) was a 13th-century Russian icon painter.[1] He is known for painting a large icon of Saint Nicholas in the Lipno Church near Novgorod, dated to 1294.
Work
[edit]The large icon of Saint Nicholas in the Lipno Church is dated to 1294, a date confirmed by both an inscription on the lower margin of the icon and a mention in the Novgorod Third Chronicle.[2] The inscription was reproduced during a restoration in 1556 and contains the names of the patron who commissioned the icon and the icon painter, as well as the prince, archbishop, and posadnik (mayor).[3]
The icon follows traditional Byzantine iconography; however, the vestments and their ornamentation display Romanesque features, suggesting that Aleksa Petrov was a native of Novgorod who was familiar with the Catholic art of Western Europe.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Buseva-Davydova 2005, p. 432.
- ↑ Gordienko 2000, p. 474.
- ↑ Preobrazhensky 2021, p. 428.
Sources
[edit]- Buseva-Davydova, I. L. (2005). "Алекса Петров". In Kravets, S. L. (ed.). Большая российская энциклопедия. Том 1: А — Анкетирование (in Russian). Большая российская энциклопедия. p. 432. ISBN 5-85270-329-X. Archived from the original on 28 April 2026.
- Gordienko, E. A. (2000). "Алекса Петров". Православная энциклопедия. Т. I: А — Алексий Студит (in Russian). Moscow: Православная энциклопедия. p. 472. ISBN 5-89572-006-4.
- Preobrazhensky, Aleksandr (2021). "Надписи с именами русских иконописцев XIII–XV веков" [Inscriptions with Names of Russian Icon Painters of the 13th–15th Centuries]. Искусство византийского мира. Индивидуальность в художественном творчестве. Сборник статей в честь Ольги Сигизмундовны Поповой [Art of the Byzantine World. Individuality in Artistic Creativity. A Collection of Essays in Honor of Olga Popova] (in Russian). Moscow: State Institute for Art Studies. pp. 420–445. ISBN 978-5-98287-163-3.
Further reading
[edit]- Pshenichnyi, Petr Vladimirovich (February 2024). "The oldest Novgorodian icons of St. Nicholas with the female saints and other chosen saints on the margins". Человек и культура (2): 40–50. doi:10.25136/2409-8744.2024.2.70147. ISSN 2409-8744.
