Icon of the Mother of God ?The Milkgiver?

Origin: Possibly painted in Palekh – Russia
Age: XIXth century
Composition: Very good and rare image, very thin painting. Kiot ? Tsekanka in levkas, golden remnants, details in gold, tempera on wood
Measures Cms:32,5 X 28,5 X 7,0
The first images are of Coptic and Palestinian origin, later it passed to Italy and Greece. There are few icons that have come up to us since the topic was contrasting with the solemn hieratic attitude of the Byzantine icons. The child is God, and he communicates with the humanity by intermediation of the breasts of the Virgin. This icon is the Russian form called Happy Bosom.