The Mother of God of Iaroslavl'

RUSSIA, NOVGOROD SCHOOL, 15TH CENTURY

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The Mother of God of Iaroslavl'
Russia, Novgorod School, 15th century
Traditionally painted in sombre colours, the Mother of God holds the Christ Child against her left shoulder while He playfully touches her chin, His left hand holding the gilt border of her dark brown maphorion, on green ground
15¾ x 12.5/8in. (40 x 32cm.)

拍品專文

One of the numerous images of the Mother of God, the Iaroslavskaia bears close resemblance to the Mother of God 'of the Playful Child'; compare this with another 15th century icon in the Tret'iakov, see V.I Antonova & N.E. Mneva, Catalogue of old Russian Painting, (Moscow, 1962), no.235.