this Tempera on panel-painted icon is of the Fedorovskaya Tenderness type and depicts the Mother of God according to the canons of the miraculous icon 'Mother of God of St. Theodore' from the Dormition Cathedral in Kostroma, which in its own right closely resembles the Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir.
The composition is known as the Virgin Eleusa (Eleusa = benevolent in Greek, later translated as Tenderness in Russian), which conveyed the content of the image very well).
The Virgin supports the Child with her right arm while her right hand points to him.
Height x width x depth: 60 x 54.5 x 3 cm.
Item condition grading: **** good.