Mother of God Hodegetria with Saint Basil the Great
Iconography: Basil the Great, Georgian icon of the Mother of God
Date: XVI century. 1527
Origin: was deposited from the church of Nativity of the Mother of God in the village of Berezhnaya Dubrova in the Plesetsky district, Archangelskaya region (1678)
Material: Wood, cut-back central portion, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 96 cm, width 65 cm
The waist-length depiction of the Holy Virgin holding the Divine Child in Her left hand. The head of the Mother of God is inclined to the Divine Child turning to Her, His left hand is holding a folded scroll and His right hand is blessing. In the upper left corner of the icon against the golden background can be seen the half-figure of blessing saint Basil the Great with the Gospel book.
Registration number ДРЖ-545. © State Museum Association «Art Culture of the Russian North»
Bibiography:
Иконы Русского Севера. Шедевры древнерусской живописи Архангельского музея изобразительных искусств. М., 2007. Т. 1. № 31. С. 152.
General view