Exaltation of the Cross
Iconography: Raising of the Holy Cross
Date: XV century. 1497
Iconographic school/art center: The Rostov icon-painting school
Origin: The icon was formerly part of a festival row in the Cathederal of the Dormition in the St.Cyril – Belozersky monastery.
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 84 cm, width 66,5 cm
The icon shows a scene of the Exaltation of the Cross at the Golgotha before the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Two Jews in the presence of the high-priests and scribes are raising the Cross, with a city wall of Jerusalem seen against the background.
Inv. № 184. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art
Bibliography:
Музей древнерусского искусства имени Андрея Рублева. А.А.Салтыков. Ленинград.1989. Каталог. №38
General view
A Jews raising the Cross
A Jews raising the Cross, the high-priests and the scribes
The high-priests and the scribes
The high-priest’s face