Christ the Redeemer (icon) explained

Christ the Redeemer is an icon discovered by accident in a dilapidated woodshed near Zvenigorod in 1919. With several other icons stored nearby, it was attributed as the work of Andrei Rublev, painted for one of Zvenigorod cathedrals in the 1420s. It is exhibited in the Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lazarev . Viktor Nikitič . Novgorodian icon-painting: V.N. Lazarev. [Translated by L.N. Feonov.]. ]. 1969 . Iskusstvo . 102 . ru.
  2. Book: Vzdornov . Gerolʹd Ivanovich . McDarby . Nancy . The Russian Icon: From Its Origins to the Sixteenth Century . 1997 . Liturgical Press . 978-0-8146-2452-4 . en.

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