![]() Now, at the request of Patriarch Kirill and on the personal order of President Putin, the icon is being returned to the Church for everyday liturgical use. Meanwhile, the icon, having been restored to its original view as much as possible, took its place of honor in the Tretyakov Gallery – the main state art museum of Russia. At that time, the latest paint layers were removed, and it was convincingly proven that it was the very The Trinity of Rublev mentioned in the Chronicle. They were declared public property and handed over for examination and classification to professional researchers and restorers. In 1920, the new Soviet government ruthlessly confiscated from the Orthodox Church a great many icons with potential artistic value. Several times the icon was “refurbished” by craftsmen who were much less skilled than Rublev. It hung in the main temple of the Trinity Lavra of St Sergius – the largest monastery around Moscow – among other icons, eventually started to seriously deteriorate and was covered with a metal frame that covered up a large part of the icon’s design. In other words, the Chronicle glorifies the name of the great master, but no one knew or saw his work.įor many centuries, this icon was essentially unknown to anyone. The Trinity is the only reliably attributed individual work of Rublev (besides it, there are also frescoes that he did, though most likely together with a team of assistants). It is all the more tragic that not much remains of his personal legacy – like the works of art from this period broadly. His name was widely known, and judging by the Russian Chronicle, he was involved in decorating the most famous Russian churches. Rublev was one of the “headliners” of this new creative school. ![]() It was a time when Orthodox culture developed rapidly the Russian Church borrowed and creatively rethought much of the ancient Byzantine culture, bringing in its own artistic innovations. Its painter is the Moscow master Andrei Rublev, who lived and worked in the first half of the 15th century. ![]() The Trinity is one of the most famous icons painted in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. ![]()
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