- Title
Mother of God of Tikhvin (Bogomater’ Tikhvinskaia) - Artist/Maker
Unknown - Object type
Icon
- Culture
Russian
- Date
late 17th century, with later additions
- Place Associated
Russia
- Materials
Egg tempera with gold leaf or bronze powder on wood panel
- Dimensions
50 x 38 inches
- Description
According to legend, an icon of the Virgin Mary and Jesus appeared over a river near Tikhvin, 120 miles east of St. Petersburg, in 1383. A shrine, and later a monastery, was built to house the image, and like other miracle-working icons, it served as a model for copies. This panel originally formed part of an iconostasis of a monastery in St. Petersburg, where it hung to the left of the neighboring image of Christ Pantocrator. The image is based on a Byzantine type known as the Hodegetria (hoh-duh-GEE-tree-ah, “She who shows the way”). Mary points to Jesus, indicating that he is the Son of God, while he responds with a gesture of blessing.
- Credit Line/Donor
Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art
- ID Number
MWRU34:9
- Location
In storage
- Exhibitions
Threshold of the Invisible World: Russian Icons from the Collection
Splendor and Light: Russian Art from the Collection
Ave Maria: Symbolic and Narrative Icons from the Permanent Collection
Sacred Images and the Millennium: Christianity and Russia (A.D. 988-1988)
