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A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF JOY TO THOSE WHO GRIEVE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicting the Virgin standing (within a mandorla) surrounded by selected Saints on the upper tier, two angels below, and the poor, the naked and the suffering holding unfurled scrolls, the upper part of the icon painted with a circular reserve containing the New Testament Trinity surrounded by cherubs, on light green ground - 12¼ in. (31.2 cm.) high
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicting the Virgin standing (within a mandorla) surrounded by selected Saints on the upper tier, two angels below, and the poor, the naked and the suffering holding unfurled scrolls, the upper part of the icon painted with a circular reserve containing the New Testament Trinity surrounded by cherubs, on light green ground - 12¼ in. (31.2 cm.) high