Product Description
The Theotokos of Vladimir (Владимирская икона Божией Матери). This Orthodox icon of the Eleusa type, Tenderness in Greek, and Умиление in Russian, expresses the age-old relationship of Mother and Child with great emphasis. Christ, as a child, touches his Mother's face with one hand and while pressing His cheek against Hers. Her sorrowful gaze foresees the Passion as they lock in an eternal embrace.
Around 1131, the original icon was taken from Constantinople to Vychgorod, near Kiev. Then, in 1155, Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky took it to the city of Vladimir, from whence it took its name. In 1395, with Moscow in danger of being overrun by Tamerlane's Mongol hordes, the icon was brought to Moscow and installed at the Uspensky (Dormition of The Virgin) Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. After danger had passed, the icon was returned to Vladimir. In 1480 it was again placed in the Moscow Kremlin.
Beautifully rendered image with an unusual arched top. 4½"x6", Russia. 1 only.
