Deesis: Savior, The Mother of God, John the Baptist
Iconography: Deisus row
Date: XIII century. The first third 13th c.
Origin: From the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin where it was located on the southern wall of Metropolitan Philip’s tomb.
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 61 cm, width 146 cm
In the central part of the icon is the figure of the Savior represented in a frontal pose. He is flanked by the shoulder-length figures of the Mother of God and John the Baptist whose faces are turned to the Savior.
Inv. № Др 1191. © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Bibliography:
Государственная Третьяковская Галерея. Каталог собрания. Древнерусское искусство X — начала XV века. Том I. №13.
General view