Smolensk Mother of God
Object Details
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Medium
Painted wood and brass
Dimensions
7 x 5 3/4 in.
Collection Object Type
Icon
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Eudora Medinger, In memory of her uncle, Atherton Seidell PhD.
Accession Number
SI.1986.106
Repoussé brass cover (oklad) is cut out to expose faces and hand which are painted on the board beneath, (only the faces and hands are painted, not the full figure). Icon is of Smolensk Mother of God and the Christ child. A Russian inscription is embossed below the figures on the border. Painted in the academic style of the period.
Inscriptions
Inscribed in Russian, below figures.
Museum
8
Made In
Russia
Subject Type
Religions, The Virgin Hodigitria (She Who Shows the Way)