Nativity of the Holy Virgin
Iconography: Nativity of the Holy Virgin
Date: XVII century. Second half of the 17th century
Origin: From the church commemorating Saint Nicholas (1673) in the village of Dimitrievo, Cherepovetskiy district, Novgorodskaya region (now Cherepovetskiy district, Vologodskaya region)
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 104 cm, width 87 cm
Against the architectural background is depicted the high bed with St. Anne lying in it; serving maids are interceding. Below before the bed is the scene of the washing of the newborn baby. In the lower right corner Joachim and Anne are cuddling up the child. In the upper part of the icon at the corners are depicted Joachim and Anne receiving the annunciation about the forthcoming birth of the child. Between them is shown the scene of the meeting at the Golden gates.
Was deposited in 1978.
Restoration: МежСНРПМ, 1980s, restorer – Mitrofanov V.A.
Inv. №5563/9. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 66 (Илл. 68).
General view
Annunciation to Joachim
Meeting at the Golden gate
Annunciation to Anne
Saint Anne
Serving maid
Washing Mary
Cuddling up Mary