Our Lady Hodegetria of Smolensk
Iconography: Our Lady of Smolensk
Date: XVI century. The early 16th century.
Iconographic school/art center: The Novgorod school, the northern province.
Origin: From the Chapel of the Our Lady of Smolensk in the village of Kinerma, Pryazhinsky district, the Republic of Karelia.
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 55,5 cm, width 41 cm
The figure of the Holy Virgin with the Child. The icon belongs to the most venerated Karelian sanctities.
Inv. № И-1565. © Republic of Karelia Museum of Fine Arts
Bibliography: СD ROM «Иконопись Карелии». Музей изобразительных искусств Республики Карелия. 2002
General view
The Mother of God with the Child
The face of the Mother of God
Jesus Christ. A fragment