Do not lament for me, oh, Mother
Iconography: Do not lament for me, oh, Mother
Date: XVIII century. 1769
Iconographic school/art center: The Palekh iconographic school
Icon-painter: Balyakin, Ilya
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera, gold
Dimensions: height 36,5 cm, width 31 cm
A depiction of the Mother of God lamenting over the dead Jesus Christ is similar to the Pieta in Western European art. The icon is painted in the Fryazh stylistic manner.
Registration number ГМПИ 1668\156. ДИ-16-И. © The State Museum of Palekh Art
Bibliography:
1. Иконопись Палеха из собрания Государственного музея палехского искусства (Palekh Icon Painting. State Museum of Palekh Art ). М., 1994. С 147. Илл. LIII.
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