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Folding triptych "Most Holy Theotokos Joy of All Who Sorrow" with selected twelve feasts.

Folding triptych "Most Holy Theotokos Joy of All Who Sorrow" with selected twelve feasts.

Inv. #
М-4478
Dimensions
10 × 14.5 × 0.3 cm
Materials

Description

The icon is a folding triptych made of yellow metal, with rectangular leaves. The upper part of each leaf is shaped like a church dome. The icon is enameled in light blue. The leaves are joined by convex round hinges. At the center is an image of the Mother of God. The Mother of God, "Joy of All Who Sorrow," is shown full-length with arms outstretched. She is surrounded on both sides by the sick, the crippled, and those afflicted at heart. To the left and right of the Mother of God's halo are inscriptions from a prayer to the Theotokos. On the leaves are scenes of the Twelve Great Feasts: on the left, "The Entry into Jerusalem" and "The Presentation of the Lord"; on the right, "The Descent into Hell" and "The Ascension"; in the kokoshnik, "God the Father, Lord of Sabaoth."

The triptych was seized by the Odesa customs post in 1991–1993 and entered the museum's holdings by decision of the State Customs Committee of Ukraine and the National Committee for the Return of Cultural Property to Ukraine under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 1995.