ARCHIMANDRITE PORFYRII USPENSKYI’S PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ICONS

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  • Олена Миронюк Центр міжнародних зв’язків України

Abstract

The article analyses the history of Byzantine icons from Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Art. These unique icons of wax painting technique belonged formerly to the Archimandrite Porfyrii Uspenskyi’s personal collection. After his death, the collection was transferred at first to the Church Archaeological Museum at the Kiev Theological Academy, and in 1940 four icons were moved to the Kyiv Museum of Western and Oriental Art that preserved them from destruction.

Author Biography

Олена Миронюк, Центр міжнародних зв’язків України

Центр міжнародних зв’язків України (м. Київ), магістр

Науковий вісник Національного музею історії України. Випуск 1. Частина 2

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2017-08-16

How to Cite

Миронюк, О. (2017). ARCHIMANDRITE PORFYRII USPENSKYI’S PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ICONS. Scientific Bulletin of the National Museum of Ukrainian History, 2(1), 124-125. Retrieved from https://visnyk.nmiu.org/index.php/nv/article/view/82

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016): Scientific Bulletin of the National museum of the history of Ukraine

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