Exhibited 19th C Russian Icon, "The 'Kazan' Mother of God". Tempera on Wood. This icon takes its name from the city of Kazan, where in 1579 a young girl named Matrona saw Mary, the Mother of God in a dream. Mary told the girl to inform the authorities of a buried icon that they were to unearth. Matrona told her mother of the dream but was not believed until her mother saw a vision of the icon in her kitchen fire and heard a voice warning her to pay heed. After the mother and daughter were not believed by the authorities, they decided to look for the icon on their own. Over three feet down, they unearthed the icon wrapped in a sleeve of red cloth. It was taken with honor to the Church of Saint Nicholas and then carried in a procession to the Annunciation Cathedral. According to tradition, two blind men were healed during the procession. The Kazan icon became one of the two most venerated in Russia. It was credited with saving Moscow from invading Poles, among many other miracles. Size: 12.75 x 10 in. Previous Exhibitions: Brevard Museum of Art (Foosaner Art Museum), Melbourne, FL Sept - Nov 1994 Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL Nov 1995 - Jan 1996 Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA Dec 1996 - Jan 1997 Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, NE March - May 1998 Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, TX Dec 1998 Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL Dec 1998 - Jan 1999 Gallery at the American Bible Society, New York, NY June - Oct 1999 Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL Aug 2000 - Jan 2001 Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA Feb - May 2001 Loveland Museum and Gallery, Loveland, CO Jan - March 2002 Gallery at the American Bible Society, New York, NY April - June 2002 Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS Oct - Nov 2002 Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden, Winter Park, FL April - June 2004 Hearst Art Gallery as St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA Nov - Dec 2004 Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden, Winter Park, FL Oct 2013 - April 2014 See More