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Saint Nicholas,
17th century
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Didactics
The Museum's collection of Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons was recently enhanced by the addition of six paintings – all tempera on wood panel – and a small wooden host stamp (prosphora), generous gifts from Ann Angleton Hyde of Chatham, New Jersey, in memory of her father, Phocas Angleton (1911–1997). This icon of the enthroned Saint Nicholas is related to the style developed by Emmanuel Tzanes in the mid-seventeenth century on the Ionian Islands. The modeling of the saint's hands, the hyper-attention to curving folds in the drapery, and the softened, more baroque color palette suggest that this work may derive from the workshop of Ioannis Tzenos, a close follower of Tzanes, who was active in Corfu at the end of the century. <br><em>J. Michael Padgett</em> Curator of Ancient Art <br><em>Emily L. Spratt</em> Graduate Student Department of Art and Archaeology
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17th century
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2010," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 70 (2011): p. 69-110., illustrated p. 97, p. 99
- Emily L. Spratt, "Toward a definition of "Post-Byzantine" art: The Angleton Collection at the Princeton University Art Museum," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 71/72 (2012-13): p. 2–16., p. 2, fig. 1; p. 5, fig. 3
