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THE VIRGIN OF THE MONTIL 19c. Palekh school, egg tempera on gold leave, gesso on wood panel, 2 insert splints absent from reverse. On the icon commemorating the appearance of Mary in the Church of Vlakhernae in Constantinople, where the townspeople gathered to pray about an impending invasion. The Holy Fool Andrei saw Mary appear in the air, accompanied by saints and holding a veil over the people as a sign of her protection. The Holy Fool Epiphanins is seen with his disciple just to the right of Romanus and Meloddist bottom center. Size: 14 ½” x 17”


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