Name/Title
The Mother of God of Joy to Those Who SorrowEntry/Object ID
2005.02.101Description
Tempera on curved wooden panel bordered in red, green, and mustard brown. There is a red Church Slavonic caption at the top, along with an image of God with white hair and beard dressed in white sitting among the clouds. The focal image in slightly inset within the panel and shows Mary clothed in green and red brown robes in front of a red oval standing on a cluster of clouds. She holds the Christ child, who is clothed in solid red. Both have gold leaf halos. The pair is flanked by two angels on either side and a collection of worshippers, some of them on the left are clothed only in white pants. There are nine parchment fragments throughout the image with Cyrillic writing on them.Type of Painting
PanelCollection
Betsy Scheuring Icon CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2005.02Source or Donor
Betsy ScheuringAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Betsy ScheuringMade/Created
Date made
1850 - 1900Place
* Untyped Place
Mstiora Region, Northwest RussiaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
IconNomenclature Primary Object Term
Symbol, ReligiousNomenclature Sub-Class
Religious ObjectsNomenclature Class
Ceremonial ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
12-1/4 inWidth
10-3/4 inDepth
1-1/2 inExhibition
Spirit Made Tangible: The Scheuring Icon Collection (2006)Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical ContextLabel
The Mother of God, holding the Christ Child on her left side and a scepter on her right, stands on clouds in the center surrounded by a mandorla. Rows of suffering people gather on each side, petitioning for her intercession with God to relieve their anguish. The inscriptions on the scrolls ask for help – food for the hungry, clothes for the naked, healing of the sick, salvation for sinners. Angels minister to the people as four saints bear witness. Christ is shown above in the clouds, along with the sun and the moon. The Mother of God is twice the size of other figures, indicating that she occurs in a vision and does not belong to the earthly realm. This is a popular devotional image, seen in many variations.