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Theotokos of Vladimir

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Painting · c. 1130 · Constantinople · Europe

A Greek icon that became Rus's chief holy image and the model for the tender Eleousa type

Theotokos of Vladimir
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Style
Byzantine art — Gold mosaics and a heaven-like dome: the church as paradise, the icon as a window to eternity
Century
12th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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