Exhibition «Old Russian Art of the 13th–17th Centuries»

About exhibition

The Metropolitan Chambers are one of the oldest buildings in the city and an example of Old Russian stone civic architecture. They were built in the 1680s by Rostov Metropolitan Iona Sysoevich, the renowned builder of the Rostov Kremlin. Since 1977 the building has housed the Department of Old Russian Art of the Yaroslavl Art Museum. The oldest monuments of Russian art open the exhibition. Among them is a pre‑Mongol early 13th‑century icon, “Christ Pantocrator.” The second hall presents 16th‑century masterpieces of rare iconographic subjects — “The Origin of the Honorable Wood of the Cross” and “John the Forerunner with the Flowering Cross.” The exhibition also displays works of the 17th‑century Yaroslavl icon‑painting school, notably the famous icon “Sergius of Radonezh with Scenes from His Life” and “The Tale of the Battle of Kulikovo.” The thoughtfully and carefully arranged exhibition offers an opportunity to become acquainted with the artistic heritage of medieval Yaroslavl.