VIRGIN OF VLADIMIR

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.

Aged silkscreen icon with colored background on natural wood; the halo of the image is silver plated, locally gilded and has been decorated with Swarovski crystals.