Lazovic and iconostasis of the wooden church in Sevojno

Abstract

This paper discusses the artistic production of the family Lazović, and the founder Simeon Lazović, with emphasis on the period in the last decades of the 18th century and the so-called, middle phase of his work, before going to the Bay of Kotor and painting in Savina monastery (1795) when his iconographic style is changing. In this paper, emphasis is placed on parts of the iconostasis of the church-in Sevojno from the period 1772-1779. During the restoration and conservation of four icons from the iconostasis, which was conducted by Dragan Tomanović within the project of the National Museum Užice, in addition to the known information that the royal doors painted in 1779, was discovered the date of Prophet Elijah icon (1776), which confirms that the iconostasis was painted in twice. The paper presents comparative analysis of several royal doors made by Simeon Lazović on the same template and in the last decades of the 18th century.