Virgin Mary of Vladimir - Aged wooden icon with silver halo locally gold plated - Mount Athos
Virgin Mary of Vladimir - Aged wooden icon with silver halo locally gold plated - Mount Athos
Aged seriograph icon crafted in canvas on carved wood. The halo of the image is silver plated locally gilded.
Virgin Mary of Vladimir
It is one of the most important and oldest relics of Christendom. Painted in Constantinople in the twelfth century (1131), it was sent as a gift to the Duke of Kiev. In 1395, during the invasion of Tamerlane, it was transferred to Moscow where it is currently kept at the Tretjakov Gallery. It is considered the patroness of Russia.
Description
Aged seriograph icon crafted in canvas on carved wood. The halo of the image is silver plated locally gilded.
Virgin Mary of Vladimir
It is one of the most important and oldest relics of Christendom. Painted in Constantinople in the twelfth century (1131), it was sent as a gift to the Duke of Kiev. In 1395, during the invasion of Tamerlane, it was transferred to Moscow where it is currently kept at the Tretjakov Gallery. It is considered the patroness of Russia.
