Abstract

It still seems to me correct to date the icon “Christ Pantocrator” from the Rublev Museum back to around 1200 or to the first quarter of the 13th century, that is, the pre-Mongol period. Masterfully painted, but far from the refined roots of the Constantinople style, the icon bears clear signs of the art of Northern Greece and Macedonia, and the tradition of Kastoria seems to be especially close. The origin of the object remains unclear; it could have been the work of both a Greek and a Russian master. However, even if we consider both the icon board and its painting to be by Russians, it is very close to Byzantine art, and precisely of this region. Probably, such closeness is an indication of the influence of Northern Byzantine art on the development of regional features of the painting of 13th century North-Eastern Russia.

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