Zhdan Dementiev, 1630
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Forefather Isaac is depicted full-length and is turned to the central image. He is dressed in a red robe and a green himation. He is holding an open scroll in his hand. The margins, the halo and the background of the icon are decorated with a copper cover with stamping.
Isaac (his name in Hebrew means ‘He laughs / will laugh’) was the son of Abraham and Sarah. When Isaac was 25, his father took him to Mount Moriah. At God’s command, Abraham was to build a sacrificial altar and sacrifice his son Isaac upon it. After he had bound his son to the altar and drawn his knife to kill him, at the very last moment an angel of God prevented Abraham from proceeding. According to the narrative, Isaac died when he was 180 years old.
The icon was restored by the team of I.P. Yaroslavtsev in the Inter-Regional Special Scientific Restoration Workshop of the Rosrestavratsiya Association in the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR in 1978-1979.
