Keywords: Russian - Dormition (Death) of the Virgin - Walters 372390.jpg The Virgin lies on her funereal bier with the disciples gathered around her John to whom Christ specially entrusted his mother John 19 27-28 leans close by her head with Christ standing behind him holding her soul represented as a child in swaddling clothes Two angels wait to receive the soul from Christ's arms The two houses in the background represent Jerusalem by tradition the location of the Dormition and also a reminder of the symbolism of Mary as the representation of the Church the new Temple of Jerusalem The door painted on the Virgin's bier is an unusual detail of unclear significance The icon's style resembles that of the last generation of icon painters of the Moscow Armory just before the center of state-supported art moved to the new capital of St Petersburg century 18 Early Modern tempera wood cm 31 6 40 2 accession number 37 2390 24162 Lilian Halsey Barker Mrs Lewellys F Barker Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum January 1961 by bequest Bequest of Lilian Halsey Barker 1961 place of origin Russia Walters Art Museum license 2D Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Religious art in Russia Art of the Russian Orthodox Church Russian icons in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |