The Mother of God Joy to Those Who Grieve

Vladimir region
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reference number: RI_101

second third of the 19th century

tempera on wooden panel

53.5 x 44 cm

 

Provenance

Mikhail De Boire (Yelizavetin) (1939-2009)

Exhibitions

Russian Icons from the Collection of Mikhail De Boire (Yelizavetin), June 2008 – July 2009, Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow

Bibliography

Russian Icons from the Collection of Mikhail De Boire (Yelizavetin) [exhibition catalogue], 2009, No. 137, p. 237, illustrated in colour, p. 341

 

The icon depicts the Mother of God with the Christ Child in a mandorla surrounded by suffering humans. Above them in the clouds is the New Testament Trinity, in the upper left-hand and right-hand corners are the Sun and the Moon.

 

 

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