Ancient Russian icon, Mother of God of Kazan, golden bronze, 19th cent., 13x11.2 in
Ancient Russian icon, Mother of God of Kazan, golden bronze, 19th cent., 13x11.2 in. Reproduction of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan, originally founded in 1579 in Kazan after it appeared three times to a young girl to show her where to find it.
In 1612 the prince Dimitri Pozharsky and Mikhail Kutuzov brought with them a copy of the icon during the war to free Moscow from the Poles.
The icon is celebrated on 8 July and 22 October, originally with a procession around the walls of Moscow. A procession...
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Ancient Russian icon, Mother of God of Kazan, golden bronze, 19th cent., 13x11.2 in. Reproduction of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan, originally founded in 1579 in Kazan after it appeared three times to a young girl to show her where to find it.
In 1612 the prince Dimitri Pozharsky and Mikhail Kutuzov brought with them a copy of the icon during the war to free Moscow from the Poles.
The icon is celebrated on 8 July and 22 October, originally with a procession around the walls of Moscow. A procession was made during the Second World War during the Nazi siege of the city.
This icon belongs to the Hodegetria iconographic type, painted in Moscow with molded bronze and then finished with enamel.
Delivered in an elegant case with export report.
Measures: 13x11.2 inches.
