Icon of The Feodorovskaya Mother of God with attendant Sts. Michael, Tsarina Alexandra, Metropolitan Alexy, and Nicholas the Miracle Worker, 1913

Moscow, Icon painter V.P. Gurianov, frame workshop of D.L. Smirnov
Marks: Д Смирновъ (D. Smirnov)
Bottom right: 1913 ГОД ПИСАЛ СЕ . . ОВРАЗЪ В. П. ГУРЪАНОВЪ: (V.P. Gurianov painted this icon in 1913)
Wood, silk, silver, tempera, enamelling, beading
35.5 x 31.2 cm

Vasily Pavlovich Gurianov was an icon painter with a large workshop in Moscow and was also a supplier to His Imperial Majesty. He created icons for many of the churches in the Feodorovsky Gorodok. The Feodorovsky Mother of God was highly revered by the Romanov family, and this icon hung in the Alexander Palace.