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The Trinity
Religious painting · Byzantine

The Trinity

Andrei Rublev
1425 · Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, Sergiyev Posad

Three angels bend into a closed circle around a single cup. In 2024 the icon left the Tretyakov for a monastery, over conservators' objections.

★ 8.9