Savior Not Made by Hands. Christ in the Tomb (“Do not mourn Me, Mother”)

Half of the corpus of the Savior is in the tomb, His head is slightly inclined, eyes are closed, hands are out across each other.

Savior Not Made by Hands, Chris in the Tomb

This iconographic variant includes two depictions of Christ, dead – from the “Crucifxion” and Christ Who – in “Savior Not Made by Hands”.

Do not lament for me, oh, Mother

A depiction of the Mother of God lamenting over the dead Jesus Christ is similar to the Pieta in Western European art. The icon is painted in the Fryazh stylistic manner.