Eulogy of the Most Holy Theotokos with the Acathistus (24 scenes).

Iconography:  Exaltation of the Virgin, Akathist to the Holy Virgin

Date: XVI century. The middle of the 16th century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Moscow.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 146 cm, width 112,7 cm

The centerpiece represents Virgin Mary enthroned, above her is Christ Emmanuel waist-length. She is surrounded by eleven Old Testament prophets with unfolded scrolls and attributes. 


Inv. № ДРЖ-1834. © Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, 2011

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