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Unique Museum Copy of Virgin Belozersk.A Russian icon of the 13th century. It follows the iconographic type of the Virgin of Mercy (Eleoussa) which is characterized by the melancholic and serious countenance of Virgin who envisages the impending tragedy. She holds tenderly the child Jesus who is embracing her. The intense colouring of the halos, the vestment and the margin provide with a festive exaltation. Angels and Saints appear in circles around the Virgin The painting is in egg tempera on wood.