Russian icon from the Old Believers' Workshops, 19th century.

Icon of the Russian School of the Old Believers' Workshops, XIX century.
"The Virgin of All Sorrows".
Tempera, gold leaf on board.
It presents jumps in the painting.
Measurements: 31 x 26 cm.

The Virgin of All Sorrows is a type of Marian iconography venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church, and is considered miraculous. The canon appears in 1688 in Moscow in the Church of the Virgin of All Sorrows, also known as the Church of the Transfiguration, although other earlier versions are known, but with different iconography.
The final typology of the icon was formed in Russia under a powerful Western influence. One can perceive similarities with the iconography of Mercy, of the Immaculate Conception or Maestà. In this sense, the icon corresponds to the traditional canon. In addition to the Virgin Mary represented in the central register of the image, in a larger size than the other characters, the icon includes images of people afflicted by illness and pain, and of angels who perform good deeds on behalf of the Virgin. The Mother of God is represented full-length, standing on the clouds, in a mystical mandorla and surrounded by angels, with the Child Jesus in her left arm, although she can also be represented alone with open arms, and with the rosary in her right hand. In the upper register, in the clouds, the Sebaoth is represented, although versions with the Trinity are also accepted.
The scenes of the icon are accompanied by numerous inscriptions, which are prayers and blessings to all the sorrowful, the sick and the suffering.