Madonna & Child - Our Lady of Tenderness Medium Icon

Our Lady of Tenderness Medium sized Icon

7.5 x 6 x 3/4 inch icon on solid wood stock.

This is a copy of a Byzantine monastic icon of the Madonna and Christ Child.

Icon is highlighted with gold and silver foil finishes.

Produced by hand with the greatest possible fidelity to the original on paper and wood.

Made in Canada.
Comes in protective heavy plastic.
MPN: 108MS

Our Lady of Tenderness icon depicts the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child sitting on her arm. Jesus gently presses His cheek to the Mother of God’s face. There are images depicting Our Lady at full height or seated on a throne. However, the most famous type of this iconography is the half-length image. Some critics claim that this type derives from another one, the Hodegetria.