
Майстри
Painter of the icon “Theotokos Hodigitria” from the village of Mrazhnytsia
Year of birth unknown, died presumably in 1636. Based on the scientific and restoration analysis of the monuments of Galician painting, we attribute to him a large number of monuments of church art created for the churches of Drohobych region and other localities. Among his works are preserved some easel images and iconostases, monumental paintings and book miniatures. These are, in particular, iconostases for the monastery church of St. Elijah in the village of Monastyr Lishnyansky (Lviv Museum of the History of Religion), for the church of the village of Lypnya (National Museum in Lviv), for the church of St. Panteleimon in the city of Skole, for the church of St. Michael in the village of Zubrytsia (NML). images of the namis row of the iconostasis of the church of the Assumption of the Virgin in Mrazhnytsia (Museum “Drohobych region”, NML). image “St. Mnkolay with life” of the namis row of the iconostasis of the church of St. Basil of Rykhtych (NML). the image of the “Protection of the Mother of God” from the namis row of the iconostasis of the church in the village of Msdvezha (NML), “The Last Judgment” from Radelych (NML), “Christ IIantokrator” from the iconostasis of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Drohobych and the mural of the altar part of the same church. He also illustrated manuscript books, in particular the Gospel from Drohobych region of the late 16th century (Scientific Library of Lomonosov Moscow State University). The works of this Ukrainian master are marked by the high theological thinking typical of Galician painters of the Renaissance and the search for the expression of his own unique worldview through church painting. Therefore, his works significantly stand out for their originality among the European post-Byzantine painting of that time.
L. Skop