| Size: |
15x18 cm |
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Type : |
Orthodox |
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6"x7" inch |
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Image: |
Glare, varnished, lithography |
| Material: |
Cardboard |
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It is a colorful biblical icon with golden glare on a
cardboard base, in brand new mint condition. The picture doesn't reflect all
of the beauty and gold glimmer. Modern metallography and lithography
technologies were used to reproduce medieval and contemporary icons,
making the details excellent of this particular icon. Artificial gold
and silver foil was used during the printing process. You have to see
the original.
Trinity, also called "Rublev's Trinity" is a Holy Trinity Icon, believed to be created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the XV century. It is his most famous work, as well regarded as one of the highest achievements of Russian art. Trinity depicts the three angels who visited Abraham at the oak of Mamre (see. Genesis 18,1-15), but the painting is full of symbolism and often interpreted as an icon of the Holy Trinity.
Little is known about Trinity's history, scientists can only make suppositions. Even the authorship of Rublev is questioned sometimes. Different sources conjecture the date of creation as 1408-1425, 1422-1423 or 1420-1427. The official version states 1411 or 1425-27. In 1575 Ivan the Terrible ordered to decorate it with gold, which was renewed in 1600 during the tsardom of Boris Godunov. The original is currently held in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. It was commissioned in honor of the abbot Sergius of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra, near Moscow. Two copies were made (in 1598-1600 and in 1926-28), both kept in Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra's Cathedral iconostasis.