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Andrei Roublev - Archangel Michael. From the Deisus Chin (Row) ("Zvenigorodsky")
The so-called Zvenigorodsky Chin is one of the most beautiful icon ensembles of Old Russian painting. The chin (row) consists of three 'poyasnye' icons - the Saviour, the Archangel Michael and St Paul. The chin could form part of the iconostasis of e ...

Andrei Roublev - Archangel Michael. From the Deisus Chin (Row) Zvenigorodsky (detail 2)
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Andrei Roublev - Christ sauveur
The so-called Zvenigorodsky Chin is one of the most beautiful icon ensembles of Old Russian painting. The chin (row) consists of three 'poyasnye' icons - the Saviour, the Archangel Michael and St Paul. The chin could form part of the iconostasis of e ...

andrei roublev - christ sauveur (detail)
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Andrei Roublev - la Sainte Trinite
The icon of the «Holy Trinity» is the most famous work of the brilliant Russian artist Andrei Rublev. According to the testimony of one of the 17th century sources, it was painted «in praise of Sergii Radonezhsky» at the order ...

Andrei Roublev - la Sainte Trinite (detail 1)
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Andrei Roublev - la Sainte Trinite (detail 6)
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anonyme - Blessed Be the Host of the King of Heaven
The icon was painted for the Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin, where it stood in a special case near the tsar's pew. Its title comes from the liturgical verse of the Octoechos which is devoted to the martyrs. The icon's subject evokes the O ...

anonyme - Blessed Be the Host of the King of Heaven (detail 1)
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anonyme - Blessed Be the Host of the King of Heaven (detail 2)
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anonyme - le jugement dernier
The iconography of the «Last Judgment» took shape in Byzantine art already by the 11th century on the basis of texts form the Book of Daniil (VII, 10), the Gospel According to Matthew (XIII, 30; XXV, 31-46), the Apocalypse, and also works ...

anonyme - le jugement dernier 1550 (detail 1)
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anonyme - le jugement dernier 1550 (detail 2)
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anonyme - miracle icone notre dame bataille novgorod souzdal
The basis of the subject is a real historical event. In 1169 troops of Suzdal prince Mstislav Andreevich, son of Andrei Bogolyubsky, laid siege to Novgorod but could not take it thanks to a miracle by the Novgorod holy icon «The Sign of Our Lad ...

anonyme - miracle icone notre dame bataille novgorod souzdal 1450 (detail 1)
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anonyme - miracle icone notre dame bataille novgorod souzdal 1450 (detail 2)
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anonyme - miracle icone notre dame bataille novgorod souzdal 1450 (detail 3)
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anonyme - miracle icone notre dame bataille novgorod souzdal 1450 (detail 4)
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anonyme - miracle icone notre dame bataille novgorod souzdal 1450 (detail 5)
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Angelos Akotandos - St George on Horseback, Slaying the Dragon
St George on Horseback, Slaying the Dragon. Angelos. The icon is signed by the famous Cretan painter Angelos Akotandos, who apparently defined the way this scene is portrayed in Cretan painting. Second quarter of 15th c. 0.408x0.375 m. Acquired with ...

Macedonian workshop - St George the dragon-slayer on horseback
Icon of St George the dragon-slayer on horseback, from a Macedonian workshop. The male figure seated behind the saddle recalls the saint’s miraculous rescue of a youth from Mytilene. Second half of 16th c. 0.192x0.203 m. ...

Poulakis Theodoros - The archangel Michael
The archangel Michael by Theodoros Poulakis. Theodoros Poulakis (ca. 1620-92) from Chania, spent his life in Venice and Corfu, his career paralleling that of his contemporary Emmanuel Tzanes. His work was strongly influenced by Baroque painting, and ...

anonyme - The Mother of God of Tenderness of the White Lake
The icon is based on the compositional scene of Tenderness (Greek: Eleusa), depicting the Virgin and Child with their cheeks pressed together. This particular work is one of the most famous surviving images of the Theotokos from the Old Russian perio ...

icone de Novgorod - Saint Georges et le dragon
D'après la Tradition, Georges de Lydda, officier dans l'armée romaine, traverse un jour la ville de Silcha (Silène)1, dans la province de Libye.
La cité est terrorisée par un redoutable dragon qui dévore ...

Dionisy - The Virgin Hodegetria
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