The icon of the Holy Virgin Vatopedini with a portrait of Voevoda Ioan Radul

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Mašnić, M. M. (2003). The icon of the Holy Virgin Vatopedini with a portrait of Voevoda Ioan Radul, (40), 313-321. Retrieved from http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98880340313M
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The icon of the Holy Virgin Vatopedini with a portrait of Voevoda Ioan Radul

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Mirjana, M, Mašnić

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Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta

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40

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313

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321

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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98880340313M

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2003-2020/02/08/15:22:59

Abstract

In this article, the author discusses iconography and stylistic characteristic of the icon featuring the Virgin Vatopedini with the Hungarian-Wallachian Voevoda loan Radul. The icon is treasured in the cathedral church of the Holy martyr Demetrios in Bitola. In more recent times, a new layer was painted over the icon, but not so long ago the icon was restored to its original condition. The inscriptions on the icon reveal that the Voevoda was a "new ktetor" of Vatopedi and also testify the painting was completed on November 28, 1502. The representation of the enthroned Virgin with the infant Christ sitting in her lap, flanked by St John Prodromes and the founder, belongs to the iconography of Deesis. Its stylistic features indicate that in most probability it was the work by a Cretan painter from the Ritzos family.

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