L 68
RUSSIA. late 1700s early 1800s
depicts the "MOTHER OF GOD OF THE BURNING BUSH"
CENTRAL SUBJECT represents the VIRGIN with the CHILD within an eight-pointed star composed of two overlapping rhombuses.
From left to right and from top to bottom there are:
the Mandylion, the Crucifixion, and the Mother of God of the Sign, the three Saints (a Patriarch, a Bishop, and an Abbot) on the opposite side the Empress - Juliet and Quiricus is an Abbess.
lower part Saint Nicholas - the Mother of God refuge of Sinners - three Saints who should be Parascheva.
generous dimensions. 45. X. 55
type of Icon traditionally invoked for protection from fires and calamities
document of authenticity and provenance
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