Item 11
Umilenie Mother of God
Circa 1700
Egg tempera, silver, gesso on wood panel
12.25” x 10.25”
James and Tatiana Jackson Collection

Here the Mother of God and infant Christ are depicted in a tender (Russian - Umilenie) cheek-to-cheek embrace. The gown of Christ is finely decorated in Chrysography, and the Virgin’s maphorion and chiton with white highlighting. The lower margin is partially inscribed: “Tenderness Image of the Most Holy Mother of God by the Master _____ of Moscow…”