Lot 1000 - Lot 1343 are only available to bid on carlobonte.be, all bids made elsewhere are not validA collection of three Eastern European icons1/The icon of Theotokos of Vladimir also known as Our Lady of Vladimir, Vladimir Mother of God, or Virgin of Vladimir and "The Vladimir Madonna", 18thC, 24 x 30 cm. This type of icon is one of the most venerated Orthodox icons and a typical example of Eleusa Byzantine iconography. The Theotokos (Greek word for Virgin Mary, literally meaning "Birth-Giver of God") is regarded as the holy protectress of Russia. The icon is displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Her feast day is June 3. Even more than most famous icons, the original has been copied repeatedly for centuries.2/Mother of God "Smolenskaya", 18thC, 22 x 27 cm3/Evangelist Paulus, 19thC, 18 x 22,5 cm