Virgin Mary, from the Deësis (Intercession) Tier of Iconostasis

Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia); 1937, U.S.S.R. government facilitated sale to Joseph E. Davies [ambassador to U.S.S.R.] (Washington, DC); 1937, Joseph E. Davies gifted to University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York. "The Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to The University of Wisconsin." New York: Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York, 1938. p. 69, no. 105
• Il'in, Nikolas. "Prodannye Sokrovishcha Rossii." Moscow: Trilistnik, Russkii Avangard, 2000. p. 70
• Chazen Museum of Art. "Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500-1900." unpublished, exhibition brochure, 2011. p. 13, no. 6
• Chazen Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 28, No. 1, January-June 2011. p. 3
• Museum of Russian Art, The. " The Romanovs, The: Legacy of an Empire Lost." Minneapolis: The Museum of Russian Art, 2013. p. 39
• Galavaris, George. "Icons from the Elvehjem Art Center." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1973. pp. [x], 76-82, no. 9

• Romanovs, The: Legacy of an Empire Lost: The Museum of Russian Art, 11/16/2013–3/23/2014
• Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500-1900: Chazen Museum of Art, 3/12/2011–6/5/2011
• Icons: The Paine Art Center, 12/6/1964–1/28/1965
• Masterpieces of Art from the Collections of the University of Wisconsin and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6/15/1949–7/8/1949
• Masterpieces of Art in the Wisconsin Centennial Exhibition: [Wisconsin State Fair], 8/7/1948–8/17/1948
• Joseph E. Davies Collection of Paintings, The : Milwaukee Art Institute, 10/1/1938–10/31/1938
• Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to the University of Wisconsin: Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6/1/1938–6/30/1938

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