Resava (Jugoslavia). Il despota Stefano come committente (XV sec.)

Fresco of the west wall of the naos of the Holy Trinity Church in the Manasija monastery: the founder of the monastic complex, the Despot Stefan Lazarević, depicted in a solemn and frontal position.
He is represented at a mature age with a short beard and short hair, with an stretched and round face, modelled with reddish tunes, with a thin nose and thin eyebrows. He is dressed in a sumptuous royal dark red tunic, ornamented with a two-headed eagles within golden circles, and with a loros rolled on his left arm. Also the red cape is decorated with a two-headed eagles within golden circles. He is holding in his right arm the sceptre and with his left hand, he is carrying to the Holy Trinity (represented in the form of three angels) the model of his foundation in Resava and a written prayer on the roll.
At the same time, with the act of divine investiture, the Christ makes descending, from a segment of the sky, the crown on the head of the Despot, and the flying angels are bringing him the sword and a lance.