Description in Icons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2004, cat. no. 275:
The Mother of God of Iviron
19th century
NMI 111

Wood: Linden (Tilia sp.), egg tempera
on canvas. Panel made of single board
with two splines inlaid from opposite
sides (both lost).

Inscriptions a t.: Hand-written text in
pencil:1928:133

PROVENANCE: Olof Aschberg;
Gift of O.Aschberg 1933
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kjellin 1933, no 111; Kjellin
1956, pp 229, 242
CONSERVATION: Not restored; uneven dark
varnish
Probably with its origin in the Old
Believer tradition, the icon is painted
on old panel.
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