Dormition of the Holy Virgin
Iconography: Dormition of the Holy Virgin
Date: XVI century. Middle of XVI c.
Iconographic school/art center: Novgorod school
Origin: From the iconostasis of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Kozhevniki, Novgorod
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 162 cm, width 97 cm
The icon represents a scene of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Against an architectural landscape is a figure of the Mother of God lying on the coach and surrounded by the apostles. In the center is a figure of Jesus Christ holding a swaddled baby, the symbol of the immaculate soul. In the lower part of the icon is an angel cutting off Aphonia’s hand.
Inv. № 3016. © Novgorod State United Museum
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