Russian icon of Mother of God Jachroma hand painted 14x10 cm

Russian icon Madonna Jachroma hand painted 14x10 cm. The icon is a faithful copy of one of the most famous original archetypes of the ''Madonna of Jachroma'' from the 16th century. The story goes that two pilgrims, a sick old man and a boy, tired from the long journey, stopped to rest at a spring.The old man fell asleep and suddenly the boy saw a strong light, also hearing a voice. The light came from an Icon of the Mother of God that had appeared on a tree.As soon as the sick old man came into contact with the icon, he received healing. The boy, who later became the holy Monk Cosmas, headed with the prodigious icon to the Klev Caves monastery and built a church in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God, in which the icon was placed and later a church arose next to it a monastery. The feast of the icon coincides with the day of the apparition.The icon is made and painted by hand (therefore a unique piece) according to the principles of the Byzantine-Russian school of icons.The effect created on the icon is ''craquelé'', to give an antiqued effect. The icon is plated in gold leaf and is made on a solid lime wood board measuring 14x10 cm.The icon of the Madonna falls into the style of the Madonna of Tenderness, both for the worried face of the Virgin, already aware of the unfortunate fate that will await her son, and for the closeness between the faces of the Madonna and the Child Jesus, symbolizing the love mother son.The box inside which the icon is inserted is always made of lime wood and on the back of the icon, in addition to a small hook in the upper part for hanging it, we find a stamped guarantee certificate and a label with a short story about the icon.