Who painted “Our Lady of the Don”?

“Our Lady of the Don” was painted by Theophanes the Greek in 1382. Where to see it: Tretyakov Gallery.

What to look for

Byzantine: gold backgrounds, flat frontal figures with elongated faces and large eyes, inscriptions and no real perspective; Gothic painting, in the West, gives figures more movement and emotion.

Theophanes the Greek was a Byzantine Greek artist, active mainly in Russia. Wikipedia

More by Theophanes the Greek

“Theotokos of Tolga”
“The Saviour's Transfiguration”, 1403
“the repose of the Virgin Mary”, 1382
“Notre Dame au don”, 1390s