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The Holy Family in Religious Art of the 11th - 20th Centuries
Ausstellung 12 Dezember 2024 − 24 Februar 2025
The exhibition, timed to coincide with the Year of the Family, will present rare monuments of religious art dedicated to the theme of holy relatives and family relations, images of childhood, Christian deeds and piety.
Subjects related to the childhood and adolescence of the Mother of God and Jesus Christ, images of glorified Old Testament saints, icons of church feasts will tell about the Holy Family, the genealogy of Jesus Christ from the forebears Adam and Eve to the "inner" circle, including the Mother of God herself, "relatives" and brothers. The exhibition will show works of icon painting, graphics, book miniature and small plastic art of the XI - early XX century. The oldest monument is a Byzantine manuscript from 1063, the miniatures of which depict the holy brothers Maccabees, who were martyred together, as well as their mother Solomonia. Among the iconographic rarities is the Novgorod icon of the second half of the 15th century "The Conception of St. John the Baptist" from the collection of the Andrei Rublev Museum. The icon depicts the kissing of the father and mother of the prophet John the Baptist - the righteous Zachariah, priest of the Jerusalem temple, and the righteous Elizabeth. A separate section of the exposition is devoted to Russian holy families, princely families, as well as especially revered reverends of the Russian land, such as Sergius of Radonezh, whose parents are also ranked among the saints.
The monuments were provided by the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Historical Museum, the Moscow State United Art Historical, Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve, the Sergiev Posad State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, the Abramov Museum of Russian Icons, and private collectors. M.Y. Abramov Museum of Russian Icons, private collectors.
The curators of the exhibition are M.A. Makhanko, Head of the Research Department of the Andrei Rublev Museum, Candidate of Art History, and O.V. Smirnova, Chief Curator of the Andrei Rublev Museum.
Subjects related to the childhood and adolescence of the Mother of God and Jesus Christ, images of glorified Old Testament saints, icons of church feasts will tell about the Holy Family, the genealogy of Jesus Christ from the forebears Adam and Eve to the "inner" circle, including the Mother of God herself, "relatives" and brothers. The exhibition will show works of icon painting, graphics, book miniature and small plastic art of the XI - early XX century. The oldest monument is a Byzantine manuscript from 1063, the miniatures of which depict the holy brothers Maccabees, who were martyred together, as well as their mother Solomonia. Among the iconographic rarities is the Novgorod icon of the second half of the 15th century "The Conception of St. John the Baptist" from the collection of the Andrei Rublev Museum. The icon depicts the kissing of the father and mother of the prophet John the Baptist - the righteous Zachariah, priest of the Jerusalem temple, and the righteous Elizabeth. A separate section of the exposition is devoted to Russian holy families, princely families, as well as especially revered reverends of the Russian land, such as Sergius of Radonezh, whose parents are also ranked among the saints.
The monuments were provided by the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Historical Museum, the Moscow State United Art Historical, Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve, the Sergiev Posad State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, the Abramov Museum of Russian Icons, and private collectors. M.Y. Abramov Museum of Russian Icons, private collectors.
The curators of the exhibition are M.A. Makhanko, Head of the Research Department of the Andrei Rublev Museum, Candidate of Art History, and O.V. Smirnova, Chief Curator of the Andrei Rublev Museum.
