Mother of God Hodegetria (Smolenskaya)

Iconography:  Our Lady of Smolensk

Date: XVI century. The third quarter of the 16th c.

Iconographic school/art center:  The Vologda school

Origin: From the Church of John the Baptist at Dudikova pustyn, Vologda.

Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera

Setting's material: Silver , basma, gilding

Dimensions:  height 102 cm, width 86 cm

The Mother of God is portrayed in an almost frontal pose, slightly inclining her head to the Child.

Inv. NO ВОКМ 10356 © Vologda State Museum of History, Architecture and Art


  • General view
  • The Mother of God. A fragment
  • The Mother of God. A fragment