depicting breastfeeding Mother of God with the baby Christ resting on the Holy Virgin`s arms with the palm of his right hand holding on to his Mother`s breast. According to prominent icon experts N.P.Kondakov and N.P.Likhachev the style of the icon is highly influenced by Italian and Greek art. Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso on wood panel. The chased and repousse silver basma oklad with ornate vegetation designs. Oklad with Cyrillic maker`s mark of P. Ovchinnikov, dated assayer`s mark 'AS 1895', '84 standard'. Two insert splints on the back. 31 x 26.4 cm. (12 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)