Andrei Rublev

Rublev worked between 1360 and 1428 across painter, iconographer, illuminator and monk. The registers place that work in icon painting and manuscript illumination. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Honorific Prefix — Saint • Name — Andrei Rublev • Born — c. 1360 • Died — c. 1430 (aged around 70) • Feast Day — 29 January, 13 June, 4 July, 6 July, 22 August • Venerated In — Eastern Orthodox Church • Place of death — Andronikov Monastery, Moscow • Titles — Venerable Father (Prepodobne), Monk and Iconographer • Canonized Date — 6 June 1988 • Canonized Place — Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius • Canonized By — 1988 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, • Attributes — Clothed as an Orthodox monk, often shown holding an icon • Illustration — The Trinity by Rublev

Little information survives about his life; even where he was born is unknown. He probably lived in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, near Moscow, under Nikon of Radonezh, who became hegumen after the death of Sergius of Radonezh in 1392. The first mention of Rublev is in 1405, when he decorated icons and frescos for the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Moscow Kremlin, in company with Theophanes the Greek and Prokhor of Gorodets. His name was the last of the list of masters, as the junior both by rank and by age. Theophanes was an important Byzantine master, who moved to Russia and is considered to have trained Rublev.

Chronicles tell us that together with Daniel Chorny he painted the Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir in 1408 as well as the Trinity Cathedral in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius between 1425 and 1427. After Daniel's death, Andrei came to Moscow's Andronikov Monastery where he painted his last work, the frescoes of the Saviour Cathedral. He is also believed to have painted at least one of the miniatures in the Khitrovo Gospels. The only work authenticated as entirely his is the icon of the Trinity (c. 1410). It is based on an earlier icon known as the "Hospitality of Abraham" (illustrating Genesis). Rublev removed the figures of Abraham and Sarah from the scene, and through a subtle use of composition and symbolism changed the subject to focus on the Mystery of the Trinity. On 22 June 2024, the icon was returned to the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius and installed to its original position on the iconostasis of Holy Trinity Cathedral. In Rublev's art two traditions are combined: the highest asceticism and the classic harmony of Byzantine mannerism. The characters of his paintings are always peaceful and calm. After some time his art came to be perceived as the ideal of Eastern Church painting and of Orthodox iconography.

• 29 January – commemoration of his death anniversary (Greek Orthodox Church) • 12/13 June – feast day, Synaxis of All of Andronikov Monastery (with Andronicus, Sabbas, Alexander, Abbots of Moscow and Daniel the Black, the icon painter) • 4 July – main feast day from the list of "Russian saints of Moscow and Vladimir" by Nikodim (Kononov) • 6 July – Synaxis of All Saints of Radonezh • Synaxis of all saints of Moscow – a movable holiday on the Sunday before 26 August (ROC)

• Illustration — Nativity of Jesus, 1405 (Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow Kremlin) • Illustration — Baptism of Jesus, 1405 (Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow) • Illustration — Annunciation, 1405 (Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow) • Illustration — Version of the Theotokos of Vladimir, c. 1405 • Illustration — St. Michael, 1408 (Iconostasis at Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) • Illustration — St. Gabriel, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) • Illustration — St. Andrew the First-called, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) • Illustration — St. Gregory the Theologian, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) • Illustration — Theotokos from Deësis, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) Some think this may be the work of Theophanes the Greek • Illustration — St. John the Theologian, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) • Illustration — St. John the Baptist, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) • Illustration — The Saviour Enthroned in Glory, Christ in Majesty, 1408 (Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir) • Illustration — Harrowing of Hell, 1408–1410 (Vladimir) • Illustration — Christ the Redeemer, c. 1410 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow) • Illustration — Ascension, 1408 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow) • Illustration — Apostle Paul, 1410s (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)

Andrei Rublev was born in 1360 in Grand Principality of Moscow. Rublev held the nationality of Grand Principality of Moscow. Rublev studied under Theophanes the Greek. Rublev worked as painter, iconographer, illuminator and monk. The fields Rublev worked in include icon painting and manuscript illumination. Rublev died on 17 October 1428 in Andronikov Monastery. Rublev is buried at Andronikov Monastery.