Virgin of Don | Silver and Gold foiled miniature icon | Size: 2,5" x 3,5" |

Unique Museun Copy of Virgin of Don. A Russian 14th century icon. It belongs to the iconographic type of the Virgin of Mercy ( Eleoussa ) characterized by the melancholic and serious countenance of the Virgin. She holds tenderly the child Jesus who is embracing her. The original painting is in egg tempera on wood and is found in the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow.