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209 - A 19th Century Russian icon Hospitality of Abraham egg tempera on gesso Unframed: 38 x 46 cm. (15 x 18 in.) Private Collection, U.K. “The Hospitality of Abraham” is a famous biblical and Orthodox Christian subject based on Genesis 18:1-15. Abraham receives three mysterious visitors near the oak of Mamre. He welcomes them with extraordinary hospitality, offering them food and rest. In Christian tradition, the three visitors are understood as a manifestation of the Holy Trinity. The subject became especially famous through Andrei Rublev’s early fifteenth century icon, often simply called “The Trinity”, held in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius.
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A 19th Century Russian icon Hospitality of Abraham egg tempera on gesso Unframed: 38 x 46 cm. (15 x 18 in.) Private Collection, U.K. “The Hospitality of Abraham” is a famous biblical and Orthodox Christian subject based on Genesis 18:1-15. Abraham receives three mysterious visitors near the oak of Mamre. He welcomes them with extraordinary hospitality, offering them food and rest. In Christian tradition, the three visitors are understood as a manifestation of the Holy Trinity. The subject became especially famous through Andrei Rublev’s early fifteenth century icon, often simply called “The Trinity”, held in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius.
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