Icon of “Our lady of Vladmir”; Virgin and Child in tempera and gesso on wood; gilded silver basma; cloisonne halo with cloisonne collar pendant; halo has glass and amber (?) ornamentation; Virgin’s face damaged; height 30.2 cm, width 26 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Russia
Verbatim coll. place:
Russia
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Metal and Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity) and Mary (mother of Jesus)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Icons (devotional images)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #30: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 12, 1975–February 4, 1976)