Исследование росписей Благовещенского придела церкви Николы Надеина в Ярославле

Ирина Фанисовна Кадикова; Денис Владимирович Денисов

Authors

Irina F. Kadikova State Research Institute for Restoration Author
Denis V. Denisov State Research Institute for Restoration , The Central Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art Author

Keywords:

Nikola Nadein Church, Old Russian monumental painting, Lyubim Ageyev, pigments, blue verditer, smalt, technology of monumental painting, Yaroslavl, wall paintings of the 17th century

Abstract

The Church of Nikola Nadein is the first monument to have established a tradition of wall painting in 17^th-century Yaroslavl. Yet, its paintings dating to 1640 remain understudied. This is largely due to the fact that most of it is still under the layer of 1882 renovations. However, thanks to the efforts of specialists, who restored wall paintings of the Annunciation aisle, the northern and partially western gallery from 2006 to 2014, researchers have the opportunity to focus on the authentic paintings.

The article provides the history of the wall paintings restoration in the Annunciation aisle. It also presents the results of chemical analyses of the artistic materials used by the masters in their work on the compositions of the narthex, the northern gallery, and the Annunciation aisle itself, as well as the basement and the staircase entrance to the Annunciation aisle. One of the important results was the discovery of blue verditer in the composition of the painting layer, while its initial use in icon painting is believed to have occurred in the second half of the 17^th century. Thus, the study of the wall paintings revealed one of the earliest documented cases of the use of this pigment. In addition, a mixture of smalt, blue verditer, and a small amount of artificial ultramarine blue was identified in the 1882 restoration layer, which is completely uncharacteristic of the second half of the 19^th century. As a result, our findings allow us to correct the existing assumptions concerning the time of use of these art materials.

Author Biographies

Irina F. Kadikova, State Research Institute for Restoration

Kadikova, Irina F. — head of the Laboratory of Physicochemical Research. The State Research Institute for Restoration, Gastello ul., 44/1, 107114 Moscow, Russian Federation; SPIN-code: 4739-8030; ORCID: 0000-0002-7271-0752; Scopus ID: 57190185836.
Denis V. Denisov, State Research Institute for Restoration, The Central Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art

Denisov, Denis V. — research fellow of the Tempera Painting Restoration Department. The State Research Institute for Restoration, Gastello ul., 44/1, 107114 Moscow, Russian Federation; head of the Methodology and Research Section. The Central Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art, Andronyevskaya pl. 10, 105020 Moscow, Russian Federation; SPIN-code: 2013-6598; ORCID: 0000-0003-0158-9964.

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