Product Description
This Orthodox icon is known as the Feast of of the Conception of the Virgin Mary [the inscription is the title in Slavonic]. Husband and wife, Joachim and Anna, parents of Mary, the mother of Jesus, are painted embracing at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem upon learning that she will bear a child. Their kiss symbolizes this moment. It first appeared in the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James and other apocryphal accounts.
Palekh style painting, deep lacquer finish. About 8½x6¼ inches. 1 only, as shown.
Note: some reflections of our studio lights may appear in the photograph. The icon itself is without blemish.
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