Author unknown, Icon of the Mother of God and Saint Sergius

Dimensions 31.3 x 23.3 cm, tempera on wood, Russia, 19th century

The apparition of the Virgin Mary to St. Sergius of Radonezh. The painting depicts St. Sergius kneeling before the Mother of God, Who appeared to him accompanied by Sts. John and Peter. Behind Sergius is his successor monk Nikon.