Royal Doors Showing the Annunciation and the Four Evangelists
Datec. 1850
CultureRussian
MediumTempera on panel
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineBequest of Karl A. Bickel, 1973
Object numberSN911
"Royal Doors" stood in the middle of the icon screen in orthodox churches - only priests and bishops were allowed to pass through them. These examples, while painted in the 19th century, follow exactly the technique and subject matter of such icons from centuries earlier.
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Sienese
