Museum of Medieval Art restores the icon of Saint Demetrius

The National Museum of Medieval Art, in Korça, has published on social networks the image of the icon of Saint Dmitri, which is in the process of restoration.
This work comes from the church of Saint George in the village of Kamenica in Korça.
The icon of Saint Dhimtri was painted by Joan Zografi, from Dardha, in 1864.
The photo clearly shows the result of the restoration, highlighting the details that Joan Zografi made for this image of Saint Dhimtri.
The National Museum of Medieval Art contains one of the richest collections of Medieval, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art.
This museum contains 7,500 artistic objects made of stone, wood, wool, silver and other metals, folk costumes and other objects that show the antiquity, tradition and originality of the civic culture.
About 1,200 objects mostly dating from the Bronze Age and Iron Age, and about 6,000 are icons.
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