Type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in iconography, especially of the Eastern Church
Version of the Theotokos of Smolensk by Dionisius (c. 1500)12th-century plaque found in Torcello Cathedral; a full-length figure like the original in Constantinople
A Hodegetria,[a] or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salvation for humankind. The Virgin's head usually inclines towards the child, who raises his hand in a blessing gesture. Metals are often used to draw attention to young Christ, reflecting light and shining in a way to embody divinity.[1] In the Western Church this type of icon is sometimes called Our Lady of the Way.
The most venerated icon of the Hodegetria type, regarded as the original, was displayed in the Monastery of the Panaghia Hodegetria in Constantinople, which was built specially to contain it. Unlike most later copies it showed the Theotokos standing full-length. It was said to have been brought back from the Holy Land by Eudocia, the wife of emperor Theodosius II (408–450), and to have been painted by Saint Luke the evangelist, the attributed author of the Gospel of Luke.[2] The icon was double-sided,[3] with a crucifixion on the other side, and was "perhaps the most prominent cult object in Byzantium".[4]
The original icon has probably now been lost, although various traditions claim that it was carried to Russia or Italy. There are a great number of copies of the image, including many of the most venerated of Russian icons, which have themselves acquired their own status and tradition of copying.
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^Pentcheva, Bissera V. (2006). "The Performative Icon". The Art Bulletin. 88 (4): 633 – via JSTOR.
^James Hall, A History of Ideas and Images in Italian Art, p.91, 1983, John Murray, London, ISBN 0-7195-3971-4
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