Four-tier icon
Iconography: Vladimir icon of the Mother of God, Our Lady of the Sign, Dormition of the Holy Virgin, Selected saints, Appearance of the Most Holy Virgin on Mount Pochayevskaya
Date: XIX century. The late 19th century.
Material: Wood, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 32 cm, width 26 cm
The icon is composed of 14 border scenes featuring the Mother of God and the saints.
The first row:
- The Dormition of the Most Holy Virgin
- The appearance of the Most Holy Virgin on Mount Pochayevskaya
- Our Lady of Vladimir
- Our Lady of the Sign
The second row
- Selected saints Peter, Philipp, Paraskeva
- The Crowning of the Theotokos
- Nicholas the Wonderworker, John the Baptist, St. George
The third row:
- Selected saints Basil and Euphrosinia
- Platon, Harlampius, Eudokia, Tryphon
- Saint Panteleimon, Sergius of Radonezh, Blaise
The fourth row:
- Selected saints Basil and Olga
- Tatyana, John, Pheognostus,
- Saints Elijah, Necetus, Natalia
- Saint Anastasia, Mary, Nilus, Paul
Received from the Vuchetich All-Union Industrial Art Combine in 1981.
Inv. № РЖ – 2115. © S.D.Erzi Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Mordovia
Bibliography:
Русское искусство XVIII - XX века: живопись, икона, культовая деревянная скульптура, графика, скульптура: каталог. Т.1 / МРМИИ им. С.Д. Эрьзи; [редкол.: Л.Н. Нарбекова и др.; авт. - сост.: Т.В. Елисеева, Е.А. Вишнякова]. Саранск, 2009. № 164. С. 117.
General view