Archangel Michael. From the Deisus Chin (Row) ("Zvenigorodsky")

Iconography:  Michael, archangel

Date: XV century. Early 15th century (1410s)

Iconographic school/art center:  Moscow school

Icon-painter: Rublev, Andrei

Origin: The row could be part of the iconostasis of either the princely Church of the Assumption or the neighboring Church of the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 158 cm, width 108 cm

A half-length image of the Apostle Michael in a three-quarter turn.

Smooth lines and exquisite color scheme convey an ideal image of the heavenly protector and defender of humankind standing near the Savior.

Inv. № 12864. © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Bibliography: Иконопись из собрания Третьяковской галереи. М., 2008.С. 110.

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