Russia, egg tempera on chalk ground, painted on wooden panel. Oklad in silver plated vermeil metal with gilded nimbus. Stamped MET and other various stamps, Moscow? Back with fabric cover Finely executed image of Our Lady of Smolensk and Child. Our Lady of Smolensk is the name of an ancient miraculous icon and one of the most revered icons in Russia. According to tradition, after the fall of Constantinople, the original icon painted by Saint Luke appeared in Russia, where it was placed in the Smolensk Assumption Cathedral and therefore called Our Lady from Smolensk. It is currently believed that the original icon, dated by the art historians in the 11th century, it was destroyed by fire during the occupation German Smolensk in 1941, but throughout the century they made a large number of copies, some of them of considerable historical and artistic value. own. Measurements 27,5 cm x 22.5 cm Condition Traces of age, oklad shows oxidation on the silven, cleaning will restore the color of the silver plated oklad. Painting in good condition, scratches pesent on the varnish around the faces, probably the efect of and old cleaning action