Icon - Mother of God - Wood - Hand-painted on a carved panel

Icon of the Madonna of Yelets (Odigitria) with Child – Hand-painted reproduction on carved panel (from an 18th-century model at the Chernihiv Museum)

Refined hand-painted icon in Byzantine-Ukrainian style, depicting the Madonna of Yelets (Yeletskaya), a famous variant of the Virgin Odigitria ("She who points the way") with the Child Jesus.

The work is a reproduction from the 1980s inspired by the historic painting dated 1700–1703 and kept at the Regional Art Museum of Chernihiv (Chernigov), in Ukraine, as reported by the handwritten annotation on the back of the panel.

Main features:

• Subject and details: The Virgin wears the traditional red-orange mantle (maphorion) decorated with stars and gold relief beading. On the sides of the gold halos are the classical sacred inscriptions in Greek: ΜΡ ΘΥ (Mother of God) and ΙΣ ΧΣ (Jesus Christ).

• Support and frame: Arched-shaped panel, enriched with a hand-carved wooden frame with foliate motifs and a central flower at the top, finished with gold patination.

• Back: Natural untreated wood with a pen inscription ("The Virgin 1700-1703 Museum Chernigov") and an integrated metal hook for wall display.

Dimensions:

• Height: about 21 cm
• Width: about 12 cm
• Depth: about 2 cm

Condition:

Excellent overall condition, with slight and natural signs of aging on the gilding of the frame that enhance its artisanal appearance. Please carefully observe all photographs, which are an integral part of the description.

I would like to clarify that the first photo of the set was optimized via artificial intelligence solely and exclusively to place an appropriate background, while all subsequent shots are original photographs taken by me personally, which reproduce the object in a completely faithful way to reality.

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