Sv. Sava and Nemanja

The first preserved representation of Saint Sava is located in the Mileševa Monastery, where he is presented with his father, near his brother and his brother's sons. Saint Sava is wearing a bishop's robe, his hair is shaped in a way typical of the Serbian autocephalous church, with a bare crown - tonsure. At the same time, this is the most prominent and best portrait of St. Sava. Made during the saint's lifetime by an excellent painter who was able to emphasize an ascetic figure through a narrow face, deep, spirited eyes, as well as specific features of the Nemanjić family line such as a long nose and an elongated face. Next to him is a damaged portrait of Nemanja as a monk. These are the earliest preserved portraits of Saints Simeon Nemanja and Sava. They are considered as credible. The figure of Simeon Nemanja was destroyed when the wall between the nave and the narthex was widened in the 19th century.