Holy Virgin of Three Hands

Iconography:  Icon of the “Three-Handed” Mother of God

Date: XIX century. Late 19th century.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 22,2 cm, width 17,8 cm

The miraculous icon of the Holy Virgin of Three Hands (St. John Damascus) was painted in memory of the healing of the cut-off hand of St. John of Damascus in the 8th century.

Inv. № 1558. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art

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