Nativity of the Holy Virgin

Iconography:  Nativity of the Holy Virgin

Date: XVII century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Pskov icon-painting school

Icon-painter: Evtikhiev, Fedor (Zubov Fedor Evtikhiev Ustyuzhenets)

Origin: The icon was received by the Andrei Rublev Musem in 1971 from the collection of M.A.Popov via the E.V.Vuchetich All-Union art production center.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 129 cm, width 99 cm

The icon represents a scene of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin and other scenes of her life. The main scene on the mullion depicts the Nativity of the Holy Virgin. The border panels represent the image of Sabaoth, the meeting of Joachim and Anne, a scene from the life of the Holy Virgin.

Inv. № 151. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art

Bibliography:

О тебе радуется. Русские иконы Богоматери XVI- начала ХХ веков. М. 1995г. №2, С.34


  • General view
  • Mullion. Scene of "The Nativity of the Holy Virgin"
  • Fragment 1 of the mullion
  • Fragment 2
  • Fragment 3
  • Fragment 4
  • The image of Sabaoth
  • Figure of a saint
  • A scene depicting Anne and James
  • A scene depicting Anne and John
  • A scene with an angel
  • A figure of the Holy Virgin
  • Scene 1 in the temple
  • Scene 2 in the temple
  • Fragment of scene 2 in the temple
  • A scene depicting Joachim meeting Anne
  • Scene 3 in the temple
  • Part 1 of scene 3 in the temple
  • Part 2 of scene 3 in the temple
  • Part 3 of scene 3 in the temple
  • Inscription 1
  • Inscription 2
  • Inscription 3
  • Inscription 4
  • Inscription 5
  • Inscription 6