The Exhibition of Icons from Rybinsk

The exhibition of icons from State historical, architectural and artistic museum of Rybinsk takes place at the “Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery” in Moscow. The museum has a various collection, which includes great number of works of art. At the exhibition the museum shows its unique icons, main part of which belongs to XVIII-XIX centuries, the period of economical and cultural rising of Rybinsk-town. Among the displays there are also icons of XVI century (such as “The Saviour”). The main peculiarity of the collection is that it shows the late icon. It is the first time that the icons are shown, many of them after the restoration, and this fact makes the event especially important.  




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