Sfântul Ierarh Nicolae
1698
From the collection of Romanian Peasant Museum
Sfântul Ierarh Nicolae is a 1698 by Unknown, a Baroque work, depicting St. James the Elder, held at Romanian Peasant Museum.
This drawing shows Saint Nicholas in flowing robes, holding a book and blessing the viewer. His face is serious but kind. The lines are sharp and thin, like fine wire. It’s one of hundreds of old devotional images made for local churches. No one knows who drew it—just that it was done by hand in 1698. Folds in his robe feel real because of cross-hatching, a way of shading with tiny parallel lines. It’s kept in the Museum of Ethnography in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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