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239: 25: 99: 238: 271:, is determined by a bright light color, soft shapes and the specificity of facial features. The depiction of individual traits is so specific, and the sensitivity of the living body texture is so sincere, that the image is more like a portrait than an icon. 280:Гісторыя беларускага мастацтва: У 6 т. Т. 1: Ад старажытных часоў да другой паловы XVI cт.; ; рэд. тома С. В. Марцэлеў, Л. М. Дробаў; АН БССР, Ін-т мастацтвазнаўства, этнаграфіі і фальклору. — Мінск : Навука і тэхніка, 1987. — 303 с. : iл. 172: 286:
A. Dylewski, M. Masłowski, B. Piotrowski, J. Swajdo, P. Wójcik: Litwa, Łotwa, Estonia i obwód kaliningradzki. Praktyczny przewodnik. Bielsko-Biała: Pascal, 2008.
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The icon was painted in the middle of the 15th century and partially repainted in the early 17th century. However, according to legend, it was a gift from the
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elements are visible in the icon. It combines old with new iconography, inspired by European art forms.
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127.7 cm × 110.3 cm (50.3 in × 43.4 in)
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Przewodnik po sanktuariach maryjnych. Z dawna Polski tyś Królową, Szymanów 1996.
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sitting on her lap, while her left holds a branch with three flowers.
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The icon, which Lithuanian researchers believe is from
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Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St. Mary Church
Trakai
Roman Catholic
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Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Trakai
Lithuania
Pope Clement XI
Konstanty Kazimierz Brzostowski
canonical coronation
Byzantine Emperor
Manuel II Palaiologos
Vytautas
Stefan Czarniecki
John II Casimir Vasa
John III Sobieski

Virgin Mary
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Gothic
Renaissance
Belarus

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