Icon - Coronation of the Mother of God

tempera, board, chalk-gypsum base, gilt; 128 x 92 x 6 cm (irregular shape);
Central Russia, 19th century, dated 1853.
Large format Icon of the Coronation of the Mother of God, the Holy Trinity of the New Testament. In the center of the Icon, the Mother of God in prostration with Jesus Christ and God the Father in the clouds placing a crown on the head of the Mother of God. Above the figures the Holy Spirit in the form of the Dove. At the height of the Mother of God's nimbus the monogram MP OY, which is an abbreviation of the Greek words MHTHP OEOY - Mother of God. At the height of the nimbus of the Savior and God the Father, the inscription Holy Trinity. In the lower zone of the icon, on the left, the date: 1853.
Icon on oval pear-shaped board; convex, integral background with profiled, gilded, border. Explanatory inscriptions in Cyrillic.