Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910), The Blessed Virgin Mary With Child, 1885
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Wikimedia Commons, public domain
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Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910), The Blessed Virgin Mary With Child, oil and gold leaf, 202 x 87 cm, 1885, colour photography, photograph: Bechamel; source: Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikhail-Vrubel-Icon.png?uselang=fr, public domain.
This depiction of Mary with child by the Russian artist Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910) combines elements of Byzantine and older Russion frescoes and mosaics with stylistic features of symbolist and Art Nouveau paintings. The artwork is part of Vrubels frescoes in the St. Cyril's Church of Kiev.
Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910), The Blessed Virgin Mary With Child, oil and gold leaf, 202 x 87 cm, 1885, colour photography, photograph: Bechamel; source: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikhail-Vrubel-Icon.png?, public domain.