Annunciation

Iconography:  Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin

Date: XVI century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Yaroslavl school

Origin: From the Savior-Transfiguration Cahedral, Spasskiy Monastery (?), Yaroslavl.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 79 cm, width 64,5 cm

The icon from the festival row represents the scene of the Annunciation against an architectural landscape. To the left stands the Archangel Gabriel, turning towards the Holy Virgin seated on the throne. Between them is a girl spinning yarn.

Inv. № 267. © Yaroslavl Art Museum

Bibliography:

Иконы Ярославля XIII — середины XVII века. М., 2009. Т. 1. Кат. № 39.


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