Icon - Mother of God of Kazan - Wood - Hand-painted
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Description from the seller
Lovely small hand-painted religious icon on a wooden panel, depicting the Holy Virgin with Child Jesus according to the Orthodox iconographic tradition of the Virgin of Kazan (Kazan/Bogatinskaya).
The Virgin is dressed in a dark brown maphorion enhanced with stylized gold borders, and the Christ Child stands blessing at her side.
Subject / Iconography: Our Lady of Kazan / Orthodox Virgin and Child.
Technique: Handmade artisanal painting on a wooden panel (Handmade).
Inscriptions on the back: Handwritten German note: "Muttergottes von Kasan, russisch 1700 / HAND MADE VASA 82" (indicating that this is an interpretive/artisanal copy made in 1982 after an original Russian icon from the 18th century).
Inscriptions on the front: Traditional sacred monograms in the halos and at the top of the image (MP ΘY for Mother of God).
Era & Provenance:
Dating: 1982 (contemporary artisanal creation).
Origin: Europe (Germany or German-speaking area given the German inscriptions on the back).
Condition:
Very good state of preservation. The painted surface and the wooden panel are clean and intact. Presence of the original hanging hardware on the back.
Lovely small hand-painted religious icon on a wooden panel, depicting the Holy Virgin with Child Jesus according to the Orthodox iconographic tradition of the Virgin of Kazan (Kazan/Bogatinskaya).
The Virgin is dressed in a dark brown maphorion enhanced with stylized gold borders, and the Christ Child stands blessing at her side.
Subject / Iconography: Our Lady of Kazan / Orthodox Virgin and Child.
Technique: Handmade artisanal painting on a wooden panel (Handmade).
Inscriptions on the back: Handwritten German note: "Muttergottes von Kasan, russisch 1700 / HAND MADE VASA 82" (indicating that this is an interpretive/artisanal copy made in 1982 after an original Russian icon from the 18th century).
Inscriptions on the front: Traditional sacred monograms in the halos and at the top of the image (MP ΘY for Mother of God).
Era & Provenance:
Dating: 1982 (contemporary artisanal creation).
Origin: Europe (Germany or German-speaking area given the German inscriptions on the back).
Condition:
Very good state of preservation. The painted surface and the wooden panel are clean and intact. Presence of the original hanging hardware on the back.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Iconography
Mother of God of Kazan
Weight
165 g
Title additional information
Hand-painted
Material
Wood
Country of origin
Germany
Height
16.5 cm
Width
14 cm
Depth
1 cm
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Estimated period
1980-1990
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