Icon of the Mother of God of Tikhvin

Theme:
According to legend, an icon of the Mother of God shone with unearthly splendor near the Russian city of Tikhvin in 1383. A church with the title “Assumption of the Mother of God” was built on this site. When, during the Swedish invasion at the beginning of the 17th century, the population made a pilgrimage to this miraculous image of the city for protection and the besiegers were unable to conquer the city, this rescue was attributed to the intervention of Tikhvinskaya. In 1617 peace was made with the Swedes. Since this time, great veneration of the cult image began, which was not only limited to the Tikhvin area, but spread throughout Russia. Since the peace treaty of 1617, this representation has become one of the most popular icon motifs of the Mother of God in Russia.

Description:
The Mother of God points with her right hand to the divine child, which she carries on her left hand. Christ blesses with his right hand and holds a scroll in the other hand. The Holy Virgin is wrapped in her maphorion, and the Virgin Stars are painted over her forehead and on both shoulders.
At the top left and right are the Greek abbreviations for “Mother of God” (MP OY), and for Christ the abbreviation for Jesus Christ (IC XC).
On the edges on the left the guardian angel on the right, on the left Saint Elisabeth.

A fire-gilded engraved oklad was made as an enrichment for the icon.

Assignment:
The icon presented is the high-quality work of a Moscow iconographer from around 1800.
The painting of the icon is carried out using egg tempera technique with liquid gold and is in very good condition.

An expressive collector's icon!