1216358 Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria (oil on panel & silver) by Russian School (19th century); 32.5x28.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Rectangular wooden icon of The Virgin Hodegetria; Virgin facing right and Child; silver cover; garland border; in field two floral labels. A Hodegetria (Greek: 廔??棒煎割晅????團? literally: "She who shows the Way"; Russian: ?迡邽迣邽??邽?), 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 mankind. ); 穢 Ashmolean Museum ; Russian, out of copyright.