Archangel Gabriel. From the Deesis (“Vysotsky”) row
Iconography: Gabriel, archangel
Date: XIV century. 1387–1395.
Iconographic school/art center: Constantinople.
Origin: From the Church of the Conception of the Holy Virgin of the Vysotsky Monastery in Serpukhov. The church had received the icons from Constantinople in the 1380s-1390s.
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 146 cm, width 106 cm
The half-length figure of the Archangel is turned to the right. His head is slightly inclined; with his right hand he holds the measuring rod, his left hand is prayerfully directed to the Savior.
Inv. № 12729. © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Bibliography:
Государственная Третьяковская Галерея. Каталог собрания. Древнерусское искусство X — начала XV века. Том I. №75.
General view