The Andrei Rublev Central Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art is located within the walls of the centuried Andronikov Monastery. It was founded in 1947 as a specialized museum of Ancient Russian Art and was named after the greatest icon painter Andrei Rublev.
The monastery grounds are home to Moscow's oldest white-stone cathedral, the Cathedral of Christ Not Made by Hand, built between 1410 and 1427. The cathedral was painted by Andrei Rublev. The remnants of the paintings have been preserved inside the cathedral on the jambs of the altar windows. Andrei Rublev was a monk at the Andronikov Monastery and was buried not far from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
The Permanent exhibition is housed in the complex of the Church of Archangel Michael, built at the end of the 17th century by order of Eudokia Lopukhina, the first wife of Peter I. Temporary exhibitions dedicated to church art from different eras are held in the Hegumen's quarters of the monastery.
The museum's icon collection is internationally renowned and incorporates many outstanding works. Among them are masterpieces by artists associated with Andrei Rublev and Dionisy, the workshop of Metropolitan Makarii, and Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Particularly fully represented is the art of the 17th century, including the works of icon painters of the Armory Chamber and regional masters.
The postage stamp provides an image of the the icon of Our Lady of Tenderness (16th century) of the local tier of the iconostand of the Pokrovsky (presently Trinity) Cathedral of Alexandrovskaya Sloboda from the exposition of the Andrei Rublev Museum.
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Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + partial varnishing + security system |
Comb 12:12¼ |
30 × 42 mm |
72 thousand stamps |