The image on canvas
The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Vladimir Mother of God, Our Lady of Vladimir, the earliest known surviving icon and one of the most honoured miracle-working icons of the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to the 15th century legend (in the lists of the ‘Tale of Temir-Aksak’), the icon was painted by the Evangelist Luke. According to the legend, the icon has got to Constantinople from Jerusalem in V century at emperor Theodosius II.
To Russia the icon has got from Byzantium about 1130 as a gift to sacred Kiev prince Mstislav Vladimirovich. The icon was delivered by the Greek Metropolitan Michael, who arrived in Kiev from Constantinople in 1130. At first the icon was in the convent of the Virgin Mary of Vyshgorod, the appanage town of Andrei Bogolyubsky, not far from Kiev.
Andrei Bogolyubsky took the icon from Vyshgorod and placed it in his church of the Holy Virgin in Vladimir. Since then, the icon has received its present name — Vladimirskaya.
According to tradition, dating back to the XVI century, Russian sovereigns were crowned at the Virgin of Vladimir Icon. As the main Russian shrine, the icon participated in the election of metropolitans and patriarchs.
Since December 1999, the Virgin of Vladimir Icon has been kept in the Church-Museum of St Nicholas in Tolmachy at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Virgin of Vladimir Icon. The image on canvas 
Virgin of Vladimir Icon. The image on canvas. Frame option 
Virgin of Vladimir Icon. The image on canvas. Close up 
Virgin of Vladimir Icon. The image on canvas. Close up 
Virgin of Vladimir Icon. The image on canvas. Backside signed by the artist 
Virgin of Vladimir Icon. The image on canvas. Sidepiece. Close-up
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TITLE: Virgin of Vladimir Icon. The image on canvas
YEAR: 2024
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 20х30 cm
TECHNIQUES: Oil, Dutch gold, Rhinestones
RELATED THEMES: Religious art, Christian art
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas
FRAMING: No