Old-Russian Art
Among museum collections of Russian icon painting, the Russian Museum’s holdings occupy a place of particular importance. It comprises over 5,000 icons dating from the 12th to the early 20th centuries. Furthermore, the repository of Old-Russian decorative and applied art, sculpture, and small-scale sculptural works – one of the largest in the country – offers a comprehensive view of the evolution of Russian applied art from the 9th to the 17th centuries.
Works from the collection «Old-Russian Art»
Icon. The Raizing of Lazarus
Late 14th - Early 15th CenturyFrom the Collection of G. Gamon-Gaman
Icon. St Boris and St Gleb
Mid-14th CenturyFrom the Collection of N. Likhachev
Icon. The Mother of God of Tenderness (The Mother of God of «Belozersk»)
First Half of the 13th CenturyFrom the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Belozersk
Icon. Angel with Golden Hair
Late 12th Century
Icon. St Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Late 14th — Early 15th, 16th CenturyFrom the Collection of N. Likhachev
Four-parts icon. The Raising of Lazarus, The Old Testament Trinity, The Purification, STS John the Theologian and Prochorus
First Half - mid-15th CenturyReceived from the Church of St. George in Novgorod
Icon. St George and the Dragon
Second Half of the 15th CenturyReceived from the Church in Manikhino, Leningrad region
Icon. St Varlaam of Khutyn, St John the Merciful, St Paraskeva and St Anastasia with the Mother of God of the Holy Sign
Second half of the 15th centuryFrom the Vasily Prokhorov collection
Icon. St George and the Dragon with Life
First Half of the 14th CenturyFrom the Collection of M. Pogodin
The Baptism
Andrei Rublev and workshopCirca 1408From the Iconostasis of Dormition Cathedral. Vladimir
Icon. The Incredulity of Thomas
Dionisius and WorkshopCirca 1500From the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the St Paul of Obnorsk Monastery
Icon. The Old Testament Trinity
Simon Ushakov1671Armoury. Moscow
The Mother of God Hodegitria
Dionisius and WorkshopCirca 1502Iconostasis of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, St Therapontos Monastery
The Descent into the Limbo
Dionisius and WorkshopCirca 1502 Iconostasis of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, St Therapontos Monastery
Icon. The Miracle of St Theodore of Amasea
Nikifor Istomin SavinEarly 17th centuryFrom the collection of the Museum of the Christian Antiquities of the Academy of Arts
Icon. The Trinity
Middle – second half of the 16th centuryFrom the Intercession Church, the Convent of the Intercession, Suzdal
St George the Great Martyr. Carved sculpture
16th centuryFrom the collection of the Museum of the Christian Antiquities of the Academy of Arts
The Entombment. Embroidered shroud
Early 15th centuryFrom the St Cyril of Beloozero Monastery