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Russian icon from the end of the 19th- beginning...

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Russian icon from the end of the 19th- beginning of the 20thcentury. "Virgin of Kazan". Tempera on board with gilded copper oklad. Frame with some lack. Measurements: 20 x 16 cm; 41 x 36 cm (frame). Russian icon showing The Virgin and Child in her arms, painted on wood, with copper oklad. The Virgin of Kazan or Our Lady of Kazan is an icon venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church representing the Blessed Virgin Mary as patroness and protector of the city of Kazan. It is the most venerated Marian invocation by the Russian Orthodox, has its origins in the sixteenth century.