Don icon of the Mother of God, hand-painted on gold leaf, Russia, 14x10 cm
Don icon of the Mother of God, hand-painted on gold leaf, Russia, 14x10 cm. Icon of the Mother of God of the Don, representing the Theotokos and the Infant Jesus hugging, cheek to cheek. The original icon was given by the Cossacks of the Don to the great prince Dimitrij Donskoi, cheaf of the Russian army after the battle of Kulikovo in 1380.
Russian icon painted by hand on basswood and gold leaf following byzantin-russian iconographic principles in Russia.
On the back of the painting, we find two ...
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Don icon of the Mother of God, hand-painted on gold leaf, Russia, 14x10 cm. Icon of the Mother of God of the Don, representing the Theotokos and the Infant Jesus hugging, cheek to cheek. The original icon was given by the Cossacks of the Don to the great prince Dimitrij Donskoi, cheaf of the Russian army after the battle of Kulikovo in 1380.
Russian icon painted by hand on basswood and gold leaf following byzantin-russian iconographic principles in Russia.
On the back of the painting, we find two documents: a quality certificate and the history of the icon.
