Show all images on one page	#007526 Title: Jesus and Samaritan's woman at Jaboc's well Artist: Krilova Irina Size: 21.5x13.5x6.5 Size (inches): 8.5x5.25x2.5 Price : $950 SOLD!

This gorgeous composition has been painted by talented Fedoskino artist, Krilova Irina.
Here the artist has painted the version of the famous masterpiece "Jesus and Samaritan's woman" originally painted on canvas by Genrich Ippolitovich Semiradsky(1843-1902) in 1890.
This original oil-on-canvas is kept in State Art Gallery of town of Lvov (Ukraine).
Artist Krilova has bring the realism of Semiradsky in the magical beauty of Fedoskino miniature.
The Samaritan woman at the well is an episode in the life of Jesus from the Gospel of John, in John 4:4-26.
In Eastern Orthodox Church tradition, she is known as Photine . There is an extensive extra-biblical tradition related to her, in which she is known as Saint Photine or Photini/Photina (of Samaria), and regarded as a Christian martyr.
According to John 4:
Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
This episode takes place before the return of Jesus to Galilee. The Jews regarded the Samaritans as foreigners and their attitude was often hostile, although they shared many beliefs. The two communities seem to have drifted apart in the post-exilic period.
The Gospel of John, like the Gospel of Luke, is favourable to the Samaritans, unlike the Matthew Gospel which quotes Jesus as telling his followers not to enter any of the cities of the Samaritans. Scholars differ as to whether the Samaritan references in the New Testament are historical. One view is that the historical Jesus had no contact with Samaritans; another is that the accounts go back to Jesus himself.
The scene is framed with a thin bronze lines and the box's sides are richly decorated with Scottish crossed parallel bronze lines ornament.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior and while the red one is covered the interior of the box. The lid is hinged from the top of the scene, and the box rests flat. The work is signed with the artist name, Fedoskino and 1998.