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.

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