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Couple being married in front of a crowd of dignitaries
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL

The Dormition of the Virgin

c.1700

RCIN 403491

This icon, possibly from the Iconostasis (icon-screen) of a chapel, depicts the death, resurrection and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary, following Orthodox church tradition. The soul of the Virgin is held by Christ above her funeral bier, where she is mourned by the apostles.

Purchased by Prince Albert as part of the Oettingen-Wallerstein collection, 1848

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