Russian icon of Mother of God Glykophilousa painted by Byzantine artist from the late 14th century to early 15th century seen at the exhibition 'Byzantine Tradition across the Centuries' in the Strahov Picture Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. The exhibition presenting an excellent selection of Greek orthodox icons from the collections of the Kondakov Archaeological Institute (Prague) and the Museum of the Russian Icon (Moscow) runs till May 13, 2015.

Russian icon of Mother of God Glykophilousa painted by Byzantine artist from the late 14th century to early 15th century seen at the exhibition 'Byzantine Tradition across the Centuries' in the Strahov Picture Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. The exhibition presenting an excellent selection of Greek orthodox icons from the collections of the Kondakov Archaeological Institute (Prague) and the Museum of the Russian Icon (Moscow) runs till May 13, 2015.

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Russian icon of Mother of God Glykophilousa painted by Byzantine artist from the late 14th century to early 15th century seen at the exhibition 'Byzantine Tradition across the Centuries' in the Strahov Picture Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. The exhibition presenting an excellent selection of Greek orthodox icons from the collections of the Kondakov Archaeological Institute (Prague) and the Museum of the Russian Icon (Moscow) runs till May 13, 2015. The icon from the collection of the Kondakov Archaeological Institute, Prague, Czechoslovakia, founded in the 1920s by Russian archaeologist Nikodim Kondakov, now owned by the Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.