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Icon with the Virgin and Child

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Blairs Museum

Icon with the Virgin and Child

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This type of representation, where the Virgin 'shows the way' to salvation by gesturing to the Christ Child resting on her left arm, is known as the Hodegetria. It is named after the Hodegon Monastery in Constantinople, which was built to contain what is thought to be the original.

Blairs Museum

Aberdeen

Title

Icon with the Virgin and Child

Medium

oil on wood with gold & silver overlay

Measurements

H 26 x W 22 cm

Accession number

T9097

Acquisition method

acquired from Craiglockhart: Convent of the Sacred Heart

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Convent of the Sacred Heart, Craiglockhart, Edinburgh. Presented by Sister Eileen Pockrell

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Blairs Museum

South Deeside Road, Blairs, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB12 5YQ Scotland

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