Иконата Арх. Михаил взима душата на грешника от Националния църковен историко-археологически музей, съборената софийска църква „Св. Архангел Михаил“ и поп Никола от Тетевен
The icon Arch. Michael Wrests the Soul of the Sinner from the National Church Museum of History and Archaeology, the demolished St Archangel Michael Church in Sofia and the priest Nikola from Teteven

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the icon of Archangel Michael Wrests the Soul of the Sinner from the National Church Museum of History and Archaeology (NCMHA). The icon has been published in numerous articles which contain various types of evidence about its origins. The analysis of the historical evidence shows that perhaps the icon was ordered for the demolished in the 19th century St Archangel Michael Church in Sofia. The study focuses also on three other icons: Deesis with Apostles (NAIM, Inv. № 190 кс), The Virgin with the Christ Child on a throne and prophets (NAIM, Inv. № 191 кс) and a part of an iconostasis frieze (NCMHA, Inv. № 3377).The analysis shows that most probably the four examples originated from one and the same iconostasis and were painted at the same time in 1703 by the priest Nikola from Teteven and his team. Another alley of research is an analysis of its stylistic features which indirectly relate it to a group of icon works from the regions of Vratsa and Etropole, created at the end of the 17th and the very beginning of the 18th century.

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