Mother of God the Burning Bush
Iconography: Burning Bush, icon of the Mother of God
Date: XVII century. 17-18 с.
Iconographic school/art center: Rostov (?). Suzdal (?)
Origin: Acquired by the citizen of Saratov Danila Nikitin Spirin in Moscow from iconographers Mihail I. Dikarev and Osip Sem. Chirikov.
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 134 cm, width 108 cm
The icon of the Mother of God the Unburnt Bush depicting the Holy Virgin with the Child surrounded by the oval mandorla which is inscribed in the eight-pointed star surrounded by separate eight spheres.
Inv. № Ж-1281. © Radishchev State Art Museum, Saratov
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