Our Lady of Tenderness
Iconography: Yaroslavskaya icon of the Mother of God
Date: XV century.
Iconographic school/art center: Novgorod school
Origin: From the Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Dvorishchensky, Novgorod
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 176 cm, width 122 cm
The distinctive features of this iconographic version, apart from the gesture of Christ’s hand, is the Mother of God mournfully looking at the figure of the playing Child; the wrinkle of omophorion covers and as though protects Christ; the position of the Virgin’s hands, encountered in the iconography of Mournful Mother of God and some depictions of the Crucifixion. The individual feature of this icon is a wide-open cloak of the Virgin with a pink seamy side and nice wrinkles.
Inv. № 2987. © Novgorod State United Museum
Bibliography:
Иконы Великого Новгорода XI- начала XVI веков. Авторы проекта Л.В. Нерсесян и С.В.Обух. М. Северный паломник. 2008. №28.
General view