Description
Hand Painted Russian Orthodox Icon OUR LADY Of VLADIMIR, painted in a Romanian Orthodox monastery by iconographer Nun Nicolaida Materials: Natural Pigments, MDF Wood Board, 24K Gold Leaf, Varnish Size of the Icon: A4 11.7×8.3 inches/ 29,7×21 cm, Thickness 1 inch/ 2.5 cm. Technique: Egg Tempera technique, Hand Painted History of the icon ...The icon of Our Lady of Vladimir was the most popular and venerated in ancient Russia. It is a 12th-century Byzantine icon of the Virgin and Child and an early example of the Eleusa iconographic type. "Eleusa" means "image" when the child is nestled against the mother's cheek. Several miracles of historical importance are attributed to the icon. The original icon has been restored at least five times. The icon was painted by an unknown artist, probably in Constantinople, in 1131. It was then sent to Kyiv and later transferred to the Cathedral of the Assumption in Vladimir. By the 16th century, it was in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Moscow, where it remained until it was moved to the State Tretyakov Gallery after the Russian Revolution. In the 1990s, after some disputes, the icon was moved to the Church of St Nicholas in Tolmachi. The icon remains there to this day. It can be seen through an underground passage from the gallery to the church. The icon has three feast days: 3 June [O.S. 21 May][c] to celebrate Moscow's protection from the Crimean Khan Mehmed Giray in 1521, 6 July [O.S. 23 June] for, in 1480, their victory over Khan Ahmed during the Great Stand on the Ugra River, 8 September [O.S. 26 August] to commemorate Moscow's liberation from the threat of invasion by Tamerlan. This icon became a standard for many contemporary Russian images of the Virgin. Technical details: • Icon painted in a Romanian Orthodox monastery by Nun Onufria; • Excellence quality hand-painted icon; • Natural pigments; • 24K gilded and varnished; • Icon painted on MDF Wood Board. The uniqueness of an icon: • Many copies of the original icon also have considerable artistic and religious significance of their own; • In order to house the famous icon, a temperature-controlled bulletproof glass case was commissioned; • It is one of the most outstanding religious paintings in the world. Need further information? If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to contact me, I'll be glad to answer them.
