Addition of Mind Mother of God | Large XLG Silver and Gold foiled icon on wood | Size: 15 7/8" x 13 1/8"

The icon "Addition of Mind" appears to be quite unusual among Orthodox icons of the Mother of God. The peculiarity of this rare iconography is that the Virgin Mary and Christ are depicted diapered with a liturgical vestment - phelonion. The iconography of "Addition of Mind" is complex and somewhat unusual. As unusual is the history of this icon.

In the early 20th century the Russian researcher Andrei Alexandrovich Titov found that the prototype of the icon of the Mother of God "Addition of Mind" was the statue of the Mother of God of Loreto town in Italy:

"The Holy House or the Holy Hut is located in Loreto, where the icon of the Mother of God is placed.
This icon is made completely of cedar wood, covered entirely with diamond rivieres and pearl threads. The icon of the Mother of God, in general, is similar to our icon "Addition of Mind", which is of Western origin, but converted to the "Moscow style".