Mother of God with the Divine Child and prophet Elijah
Iconography: Holy Virgin with the Child, Elijah the Prophet, Theotokos the Embodiment
Date: XV century. Second half of the XVth century
Iconographic school/art center: Novgorod school Novgorod, northern province
Origin: was removed from the Nikolskaya chapel in the village of Bukhalovo on the Kenozero of the Plesetsky district, Archangelskaya region (19th century)
Material: Wood, cut-back central portion, canvas, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 105 cm, width 75 cm
The icon was sawn. Full-length depiction of the Mother of God with the Divine Child on Her bosom. To the right is the figure of prophet Elijah.
Registration number ДРЖ-1519. © State Museum Association «Art Culture of the Russian North»
Bibliography:
Иконы Русского Севера. Шедевры древнерусской живописи Архангельского музея изобразительных искусств. М., 2007. Т. 1. № 7. С. 82.
General view