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Veneration of the Mother of God: “Console My Sorrow and She Who Seeks the Lost” with Saints Boris and Gleb and selected saints
Provenance  Vologda, Russia
Egg tempera
Levkas wood panel
Second half of the 18th century

Boris (Kiev, c. 990 – 24 July 1015) and Gleb (Kiev, c. 990 – 5 September 1015) were two princes of Kievan Rus', brothers, sons of Grand Prince Vladimir I of Kyiv and Anna Porphyrogenita, sister of the Byzantine Emperor Basil II Bulgaroctonus. With them, the typology of the saint-princes of Eastern Europe is inaugurated.

Venerazione alla Madre di Dio: "Consola la Mia pena e Colei che ricerca i perduti" con Santi Boris e Gleb e santi scelti 
Provenienza  Vologda Russia
Tempera ad uovo 
Legno Levkas 
2a metà XVIII secolo

Boris (Kiev, circa 990 – 24 luglio 1015) e Gleb (Kiev, circa 990 – 5 settembre 1015) sono stati due principi della Rus' di Kiev, fratelli tra loro, figli del gran principe Vladimir I di Kiev e di Anna Porfirogenita, sorella dell'imperatore di Bisanzio Basilio II Bulgaroctono. Con essi si inaugura la tipologia dei santi-principi dell'Europa dell'Est.

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Icon - Boris and Gleb - Wood

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