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This module, we are examining several examples of iconography. In "My Last Duchess," Browning writes of a very personal icon: the Duke’s wife. The Duke keeps the Duchess’s image on the wall for very interesting reasons! How does the icon of the Duchess compare to and contrast with a sacred icon like the Virgin of Vladimir?

What is the difference between personal and religious iconography, and how is each of the icons above an example of its type of iconography?