Mother of God

Iconography:  Holy Virgin from the Deesis row

Date: XVI century. c. 1517

Origin: From the cathedral church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity in the Philippo-Irapskaya hermitage.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 94 cm, width 36 cm

The icon from the Deesis row of iconostasis. The depiction of the Mother of God full-length in a three-quarter turn.

Was deposited in the museum in 1927.

Restoration: МежСНРПМ, 1979, restorer – Veselov S.B.

Inv. №280/6. © Cherepovets Museum Association.

Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 19.

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