An antique 19th-century Russian Orthodox icon of the Mother of God with the Child Jesus in Tikhvinskaya iconography. Mixed media painting: egg tempera, gesso, and levkas on a wood board. Theotokos of Tikhvin is one of the most celebrated Orthodox Christian icons that is said to be one of the icons written by St. Luke the Evangelist. Since the 14th century, the icon has been held in Tikhvin, where eventually the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery was founded to host the icon. Religious Christian Collectibles, Russian Icon Paintings.

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