Icon - Mother of God of Kazan - Wood - Hand-painted

Lovely small hand-painted religious icon on a wooden panel, depicting the Holy Virgin with Child Jesus according to the Orthodox iconographic tradition of the Virgin of Kazan (Kazan/Bogatinskaya). The Virgin is dressed in a dark brown maphorion enhanced with stylized gold borders, and the Christ Child stands blessing at her side. Subject / Iconography: Our Lady of Kazan / Orthodox Virgin and Child. Technique: Handmade artisanal painting on a wooden panel (Handmade). Inscriptions on the back: Handwritten German note: "Muttergottes von Kasan, russisch 1700 / HAND MADE VASA 82" (indicating that this is an interpretive/artisanal copy made in 1982 after an original Russian icon from the 18th century). Inscriptions on the front: Traditional sacred monograms in the halos and at the top of the image (MP ΘY for Mother of God). Era & Provenance: Dating: 1982 (contemporary artisanal creation). Origin: Europe (Germany or German-speaking area given the German inscriptions on the back). Condition: Very good state of preservation. The painted surface and the wooden panel are clean and intact. Presence of the original hanging hardware on the back.

Estimate:$123.22

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