Icoală,
1850
From the collection of "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
1850
From the collection of "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
This painting shows a central figure in bright blue and orange robes, holding a book with strange writing and a long staff. Around them, smaller people in simple clothes stand in a line, looking upward. The background has a sky with clouds and a building with blue doors, while gold halos glow around some heads. The central figure wears a crown and looks like a holy ruler, with a cross symbol on their chest. The book they hold might be a religious text, and the writing on it isn’t Latin—it looks like an old script. If this style of painting interests you, check out the Museum of Ethnography for more examples.
