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title: "Ustyug Annunciation — Icons"
description: "The Archangel Gabriel announces to the Mother of God the incarnation of Christ. The image is one of the rare pre-Mongol Rus' icons that have survived."
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/icons/ustyug-annunciation"
language: "en"
---

Historical icon

# Ustyug Annunciation

[![Icon of the Annunciation: the Archangel Gabriel and the standing Mother of God, with the image of the Christ Child on her breast.](https://spas.life/_astro/ustyug-annunciation.CVP8WC6q_Z7GHwR.webp)](https://spas.life/_astro/ustyug-annunciation.CVP8WC6q.webp)

Ustyug Annunciation

[Open the image at full size](https://spas.life/_astro/ustyug-annunciation.CVP8WC6q.webp)

Dating

Approximately 1120–1140

Origin

Novgorod

Author / school

Unknown

Location

State Tretyakov Gallery

## About the icon

The Archangel Gabriel announces to the Mother of God the incarnation of Christ. The image is one of the rare pre-Mongol Rus' icons that have survived.

An icon is an image for prayer. The description explains theological meaning and prayer tradition; it does not promise an outcome.

**Source and image rights**

Ustyug Annunciation, Novgorod, c. 1120–1140; public-domain reproduction via Google Art Project and Wikimedia Commons.

Public domain

[Open the source page (Wikimedia Commons)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)