Mother of God the Consolation of All Who Sorrow

Iconography:  Holy Virgin of Joy of All Who Sorrow

Date: XVIII century. 1773

Iconographic school/art center:  Veliky Ustyug

Origin: was deposited in 1987 through the Museum purchasing commission, comes from Vologodskaya region

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 35,7 cm, width 30,5 cm

The Mother of God and the Divine Child are depicted in the mandorla surrounded by the people possessed by infirmities and sorrow and the angels performing good deeds on behalf of Our Lady. In the upper part of the icon is represented the Lord of Sabaoth in the quadrant.

Registration number ДРЖ-2392. © State Museum Association «Art Culture of the Russian North»

Bibliography:
Иконы Русского Севера. Шедевры древнерусской живописи Архангельского музея изобразительных искусств. М., 2007.
Т. 2. № 210. С. 446.

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