Tempera painting on curved wooden panel with rounded top and bottom bordered in red and light brown. The central image features the Virgin alone looking to the left with both hands lifted to her chest. She's clothed in green dress with red veil and cloak detailed with gold lining. She has a gold leaf halo rimmed in red. She stands in a room with a green archway against red walls. A Church Slavonic caption sits on the walls under the arch.
Type of Painting
Panel
Artwork Details
Medium
Tempera
Collection
Betsy Scheuring Icon Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2005.02
Source or Donor
Betsy Scheuring
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Betsy Scheuring
Made/Created
Date made
1850 - 1875
Place
* Untyped Place
Central Russia
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Icon
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Symbol, Religious
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Religious Objects
Nomenclature Class
Ceremonial Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Dimensions
Height
19-1/4 in
Width
9-3/4 in
Depth
1-1/4 in
Exhibition
Spirit Made Tangible: The Scheuring Icon Collection (2006)
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical Context
Label
This is one part of a two-panel scene depicting the Annunciation, in which the Archangel Gabriel informs the Virgin that she will bear the future son of God. Standing in an interior setting, the Virgin has been practicing her devotions, as an open book on a nearby table indicates along with her raised hands. The tall, slender woman is framed by a columned doorway from which a curtain hangs, and she appears in nearly the same scale as the surrounding, refined architecture. The form of the Virgin’s drapery compares with other images of her (see 2005.02.016). This icon and the now-missing companion piece probably were shown together on an iconostasis.
