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CHRONIC. For the first time since 1941, the most famous Russian work of art, the “Trinity” by Andrei Rublev, has left its cocoon on the orders of the Ministry of Culture.
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By Iegor Gran
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L’There is immense excitement among icon restorers and art historians. For the first time since 1941, the most famous Russian work of art in the world, the Trinity by Andrei Rublev, left her protective cocoon in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow: on the orders of the Ministry of Culture, she was sent on pilgrimage to the monastery of the Trinity of Saint Sergius, where she was the center of two days of liturgical activities.
The indignant protests of the specialists in charge of the conservation of the Trinity did nothing; despite its extreme fragility, the icon has been removed from its case where it has been on display for years to face the dangers of the real world. “The transfer of the icon, its stay for several days in the microclimate of the monastery, among the candles, the incense…
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