Icon of the Protection of the Mother of God

Description This bronze icon is in a composition known as the "Protecting Veil of the Virgin" (cf. Walters 44.372, 37.1182). Above are images of the Holy Face, the archangels Gabriel and Michael, and six-winged cherubim or seraphim.

Exhibitions

• Enamel. Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, New York. 1954.
• Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-1997.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters