Matthew the Apostle
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Basic information
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Matthew the Apostle Evangelist
- Provenance
- Ivano-Frankivsk city, The Holy Resurrection Cathedral
Information about author
Object description
In iconographic art, the image of Matthew the Apostle has remained unchanged since the eighth century. He was depicted as an elderly man with a long beard and a book or scroll in his hands. The saint's image was often accompanied by a tetramorphic figure – a man with wings like an angel. The folk sculptor carved the evangelist figure for the Cathedral in Ivano-Frankivsk, following the iconographic canons. The work is characterised by a static pose and a restrained pattern of draperies on the clothes, created by smooth lines without sharp corners.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
