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Iconostasis with 34 icons

Petru Serafim20th century

Cotroceni National Museum

Cotroceni National Museum
Bucharest, Romania

This impressive object reproduces a church iconostasis. It is an architectural construction in a single plan, composed of 34 icons (of which three are missing) arranged on five levels, delimited by friezez and crowned with the Crucifixion Cross. The friezes are decorated with vegetal and golden floral motifs, the columns have the cylindrical axis also decorated with vegetal motifs, and the capitals, with composite motifs. The painting respects, broadly, the traditional canons, but, under the influence of Western painting, new elements are being introduced in iconography. It is possible that this is the iconostasis given by the royal family, mentioned in the church’s inventory in 1902.

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  • Title: Iconostasis with 34 icons
  • Creator: Petru Serafim
  • Date Created: 20th century
  • Location Created: Bucharest, Romania
  • Physical Dimensions: 221 x 153 cm
  • Type: Liturgical furniture
  • Rights: Presidential Administration
  • Medium: Oil and gold foil on prime
  • Art Genre: Religious art
  • Art Movement: Romanian Workshop
  • Art Form: Painting / Sculpture
  • Support: Carved, perforated and gilded wood
Cotroceni National Museum

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