Mother of God

Iconography:  Holy Virgin from the Deesis row

Date: XVI century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Pskov icon-painting school

Origin: From the church of archangel Michael in the village Melnitsy of the Pskovsky district in the Pskov region

Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 145 cm, width 65 cm

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

Inv. № 4755. © Pskov State United Historical, Architectural and Fine Arts Museum-Reserve

Bibliography: Васильева О.А. Иконы Пскова. М., 2006. № 74. С. 264.



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