Unburnt Bush
Iconography: Burning Bush, icon of the Mother of God, Selected saints
Date: XVIII century. 18th-19th centuries.
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 35,5 cm, width 30 cm
The depiction of the Mother of God of the Unburned Bush shows an eight pointed star made from two sharp four pointed stars with concave ends, from which one is red (fiery) reminding one of fire, as embraced in the Moses vision of the bush; the other is of green color indicating the natural color of the bush, which it protected, being embraced by a fiery flame. In the corners of the red quadrangle are the symbols of the four Evangelists. The Unburnt Bush is surrounded by the angels. On the borders are the figures of the saints.
Inv. № 0236. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art

General view

Mullion

The Holy Virgin with the Child

Saints Kozma and Damian holding an icon of Our Lady of Kazan

Saints holding an icon of the Holy VIrgin

Saints holding an icon of the Holy Virgin, Nicholas the Wonderworker

John the Baptist, saint Antipas

Gurias, Samonas and Habibas

Saint Florus and Laurus, Nikita the Warrior

The saints

The saints

Saint Ipatius and Saint Romanus the Wonderworker

The saints

Saint Conon of Isauria, Saint Catherine and Saint Pishoy the Great

The saints

The saints

Simeon, Elijah the Prophet

Saints Modest and Blaise

Saints Cyprian and Justina, Saint Artemius