The Mystical Supper, Rublev

The Mystical Supper, RublevThe Mystical Supper in the tradition of Andrei Rublev presents the institution of the Eucharist with the luminous canonical authority of the supreme master of Russian iconography. This mounted icon from Damascene Gallery places the sacred gathering of Christ and His disciples in the visual language of the great 15th century master, whose iconic vision defines the Russian iconographic tradition. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

Alexeyev was Russia's foremost vedute painter

The Orthodox Church commemorates Pope Gregory on March 12

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presents the holy physician-apostle with his characteristic attribute — the Gospel book — in a posture of quiet authority

venerated in the ancient city of Yaroslavl for centuries

From the contemporary Jordanville iconographic tradition

canonical style of the Jordanville school

From the modern Russian iconographic tradition

with its insistence on living faith