Icon of the Protection of the Mother of God

18th century (Modern)

9.5 cm 17 cm

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This icon, cast in relief and filled with enamel, depicts Saint Andrew the Fool's vision of the Virgin spreading her veil in protection over the worshippers in the Constantinopolitan cathedral Hagia Sophia, an event which later gave rise to the Russian feast of the Protecting...

Sculpture

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28120
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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