the protection of the mother of god, 19th century

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Description

55.5 by 39.5cm., 21¾ by 15½in.

painted in a 16th century style reminiscent of Novgorod school, on an ochre ground, the borders stripped to the gesso

Catalogue Note

Commonly known as the Pokrov, two Angels hold a strip of red cloth over the Virgin as a symbol of the 'veil', which covers and protects the whole world.