At the bottom of the image of the kremlin wall in the center there is an inscription with the date; in the lower right corner there is the author's signature: and these images were painted by his sovereign zographer pimin called simon ushakov. Against the background of the assumption cathedral are depicted the first moscow metropolitan peter and prince ivan danilovich kalita. They are planting and watering a tree, which seems to grow through the assumption cathedral, filling the entire surface of the icon with its branches. On the branches of the tree are medallions with images of moscow saints, and in the central, largest medallion is an image of the mother of god of vladimir. Behind the kremlin wall stand tsar alexei mikhailovich and his first wife maria ilyinichna, née miloslavskaya, with their children. Above in the clouds is the savior, handing the hovering angels a crown and robe for alexei mikhailovich: the heavenly king crowns the earthly king. The images of saints in the medallions are arranged from bottom to top with some deviations from the historical sequence, as if in accordance with the "growth" of the tree. On the left branch, behind metropolitan peter, are the fathers of the russian church: metropolitans alexy, cyprian, jonah, photius and philip, patriarchs job and philaret, tsars mikhail feodorovich, feodor ioannovich, tsarevich dmitry. On the right branch, in the first medallion, is depicted the grandfather of ivan danilovich kalita, prince alexander nevsky in the robe of a schemamonk. Behind him are the founders and abbots of monasteries close to moscow - st. Nikon of radonezh, st. Sergius of radonezh, st. Savva of storozhevsky, st. Paphnutius of borovsky, st. Simon the silent, st. Andronicus and the moscow blessed maxim, vasily, john the great cap. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1668. Dimensions: height: 105 cm (41.3 in); width: 62 cm (24.4 in). Medium: tempera on wood. Collection: Tretyakov Gallery. Simon Ushakov - Древо государства Московского (Похвала Богоматери Владимирской) - Google Art Project
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