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VIRGIN GLYKOFILOUSSA

Code: C100
ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΒΛΑΝΤΙΜΙΡ
Available Dimensions
  • 10x9 cm || 3 7/8 x 3 35/64 "
  • 16x11 cm || 6 19/64 x 4 21/64 "
  • 20x16 cm || 7 7/8 x 6 19/64 "
  • 33x25 cm || 12 63/64 x 9 27/32 "
Description It is one of the most important and oldest relics of Christendom. Painted in Constantinople in the eleventh century (1131), it was sent as a gift to the Duke of Kiev. In 1395, during the invasion of Tamerlane, it was sent to Moscow where it is currently kept in the Tretyakov Gallery. She is considered a patron of Russia.

Silkscreen icon with silver frame and wooden casing, locally gilded; the picture is accompanied by a wooden stand.