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Archangel Gabriel

Creation period

About 1497

Collection

Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve

Exhibition

The iconostasis of the Dormition Cathedral

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Archangel Gabriel

About 1497.

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Archangel Gabriel is depicted with a mirror - a transparent sphere symbolizing the universe. Archangel Gabriel is depicted with a mirror - a transparent sphere symbolizing the universe.

Archangel Gabriel is one of seven archangels sent by God to bring good news to people. He appeared to Zechariah and the Virgin foretelling the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and revealed to her the date of her departure into eternal life.

The icon was restored by Y.S. Finogenova in the All-Union Research Institute for Restoration in 1979.

Archangel Gabriel

Creation period

About 1497

Collection

Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve

Exhibition

The iconostasis of the Dormition Cathedral

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