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| Keywords: Russian - Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple - Walters 372410.jpg This scene is rarely met with as a separate icon although it occurs as one of the subjects on smaller ones The subject is one of the church's Twelve Festivals which were represented on the third tier of the iconostasis alter screen and icon stand combined which divided the sanctuary from the nave It depicts the Virgin's presentation in the Temple In accordance with traditional iconography used for representing this holy fest the Virgin the smaller figure in the foreground is being presented by her parents Joachim and Anna to the priest Zacharias who holds out hands to bless her The seven taper-bearing daughters of Zion daughters of Israel friends of the Virgin stand behind Joachim and Anna The large dimensions of this panel demonstrate the great size to which an iconostasis could attain century 18 Early Modern tempera panel cm 129 5 106 1 accession number 37 2410 30743 Russian Government export permit July 23 1962 Llewellyn E Thompson Baltimore 1962 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of The Honorable Llewellyn E Thompson 1964 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 place of origin Russia Walters Art Museum license 2D Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Religious art in Russia Art of the Russian Orthodox Church Russian icons in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
