
“Nativity of Our Lady” belongs to the number of masterpieces of the late iconography. The author of the icon probably knew the heritage of the royal masters of the 17th century, which was preserved in numerous home chapels. The icon painter demonstrates amazing skill in building architectural fantasies, freely varying their elements.
In the icon are subtly connected different and differentdifferent episodes of the Virgin cycle. Praying Joachim and Anna, depicted on the edges of the icon and separated from each other by city towers, touchingly merge together at the Golden Gate. The latter in the interpretation of the paleshanin appear in the form of an intricate pergola-kivoria with purple embroidered gold draperies.
In the scenes of Christmas and Caressing the Infant, the icon painter beats household details, giving the icon special warmth and intimacy. The fields depict the Monks Ignatius and Pachomius the Great. The icon is decorated with a silver salary, exactly repeating the composition of the icon.
Our Lady Before Christmas and Merry Christmas Virgo, with saints in the fields
Luke the Evangelist, with Saints on the Fields
Our Lady of the Dnieper, with Akathist in 20 hallmarks and saints in the fields of the middling
The Mother of God &; “Quench My Sorrows”, with the four saints on the fields
Our Lady of the Burning Bush, with other images of the Mother of God, feasts and saints
Nativity
Healing a bleeding wife, with the Guardian Angel and the three saints in the fields
The miracle of St. George about the serpent, with Paraskeva on Friday and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the fields