Ukrainian icon painting is a tradition of roughly a thousand years, and some of its greatest works were made in the 17th and 18th centuries for the iconostases of village and town churches in western Ukraine. These icons are painted in egg tempera on wood panels with gilded backgrounds,.
The 20 icons gathered here include thirteen scenes from the Zhovkva iconostasis, painted in 1697-1699 by Ivan Rutkovych and now in the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv, along with 17th-century icons of the Sudova Vyshnia school now in the Historical Museum in Sanok, Poland, and others from the Rybotychy and Przemyśl schools and the Castle-Museum in Łańcut. They span the Annunciation, Nativity, Transfiguration, Passion and Resurrection, the Dormition of the Virgin, and the Hospitality of Abraham. All are centuries-old works in the public domain, and the images come from the online gallery icon.org.ua. Click any title to see the full post, or use the download link under each image.
