Our Lady of Smolensk
Icons
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The icon shows the Mother of God with the Infant. It is executed in accordance with the canon, accepted for the icon of Our Lady of Smolensk, which, in turn, derived from the Hodegitria iconographic type. -
The icon shows the Mother of God with the Infant. It is executed in accordance with the canon, accepted for the icon of Our Lady of Smolensk, which, in turn, derived from the Hodegitria iconographic type. -
The Mother of God is portrayed in an almost frontal pose, slightly inclining her head to the Child. -
Traditional in the composition, the icon obviously belongs to the iconographic type known as Our Lady of Smolensk. A rare element of this artwork is the Infant Christ’s himation taken down to the waist and opening a light-green chiton with an ornamented clavus. The faces of the saints are noted for the profound and contemplative expression. -
The figure of the Holy Virgin with the Child. The icon belongs to the most venerated Karelian sanctities. -
A full-length image of the Theotokos with the Child Christ. On the margins are the figures of guardian angel and Sts. Tatyana and Vasily the Martyr. -
Waist-length depiction of Our Lady with the Divine Child. The Divine Child is sitting on the left hand of Holy Lady, the right hand of the Savior is in the gesture of blessing, His right hand is holding a scroll. -
Holy Virgin Hodegetria (Our Lady of Smolensk), Transfiguration of Our Lord
Double-sided processional icon. Waist-length depiction of the Mother of God with Child Jesus. He is sitting on the left hand of the Mother of God, His right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing, his left hand is holding a scroll. On the reverse side is the scene of Transfiguration of Our Lord. On the central top of the rocky landscape is depicted Christ against the background of the glorious halo dressed in the white clothes decorated with the golden assist holding a scroll in His hands. At His sides on the lateral tops are standing: to the left – Elijah, to the right – Moses holding the table in his hands. In the lower part of the icon at the foot of the rocks are shown apostles Peter, John and Jacob. -
The icon depicts the Mother of God with the Divine Child. The icon was painted according to the canon of the iconographic type of Our Lady of Smolensk dating back to the iconographic type “Hodegetria”. -
Depiction of the Mother of God with the Divine Child.
