Caption

Icon: Mother of God, Unexpected Consolation; Orthodox workshop; Unexpected Consolation iconography; saints; icons; Mary mother of Jesus Christ; man; Jesus Christ Bible; inscriptions; Mother of God and Child iconography; halo iconography; canopy beds; sinners. The icon depicts a bearded man kneeling and stretching out his hands in prayer to the image of the Mother of God and Child. Christ holds both hands to his chest while the Mother of God turns her face toward the man. Below the icon is the inscription: Unexpected consolation of the Most Holy Theotokos. A certain ungodly man, having a daily rule to pray to the Most Holy Theotokos... In the background a bourgeois interior with a window and curtains can be seen, characteristic of provincial icon painting of the 19th and 20th centuries. Unidentified saints are depicted on the icon's fields. The image is framed by an embossed geometric and floral pattern. The treatment of the interior and figures demonstrates the influence of Western patterns. 19th/20th century, Western Russia, icon; height 22 cm, width 17 cm., An upright rectangular painted panel with an ornate gold and brown decorative border surrounding an image divided into two main vertical sections; the right section shows a dark-haired woman wearing a dark blue robe with gold accents and a gold halo, holding a small child dressed in red with a gold halo, both figures rendered against a gold background; the left section depicts an interior scene with a figure kneeling before a curtained niche in muted browns, reds, and grays, and a standing haloed figure at the edge; the border features intricate gold patterns, floral motifs, and small dark accents with areas of worn brown showing through, and the overall palette includes gold, brown, dark blue, red, black, and muted gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_044

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Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (3.6Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Icon Mother God Unexpected Consolation Orthodox workshop Unexpected Consolation iconography saints icons Mary mother Jesus Christ man Jesus Christ Bible inscriptions Child iconography halo iconography canopy beds sinners icon depicts bearded man kneeling stretching hands prayer image Child Christ holds chest God turns face icon inscription Unexpected consolation Holy Theotokos certain ungodly man having daily rule pray background bourgeois interior window curtains characteristic provincial icon painting 19th 20th centuries depicted icon's fields framed embossed geometric floral pattern treatment interior figures demonstrates influence Western patterns 20th century Western Russia height 22 cm width 17 cm upright rectangular painted panel ornate gold brown decorative border surrounding image divided two main vertical sections right section dark-haired woman wearing dark blue robe gold accents gold halo holding small child dressed red figures rendered gold background left section depicts interior scene figure kneeling curtained niche muted browns reds grays standing haloed figure edge border features intricate gold patterns floral motifs small dark accents areas worn brown showing palette includes gold brown dark blue black muted gray.