RUBLEV Andrei
Circa 1370 - Circa 1425
Leading Old Russian artist. Little authentic information on his biography exists. Lay brother of the St Sergius Monastery of the Trinity and then the Andronikov Monastery of the Saviour in Moscow. Helped Theophanes the Greek to paint the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Moscow Kremlin (1405). Worked in Vladimir (1408). The famous Old Testament Trinity icon of the St Sergius Monastery of the Trinity is attributed to Rublev. Canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church (1988). Feast day 4/17 July.
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