Entrance of the Holy Virgin into the Temple

Iconography:  Entrance of the Holy Virgin into the Temple

Date: XVIII century. Late 18th – early 19th centuries.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 35 cm, width 38,5 cm

The icons represents a scene of the Entrance of the Holy Virgin into the temple against an architectural background. In the right corner of the icon is Maria and the priest Zacharias. On the left are the Virgin’s parents and the maidens accompanying the Mother of God from Nazareth to Jerusalem.

Inv. № 0235. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art

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