Andrei Rublev's Trinity
The most famous Russian icon
Andrei Rublev painted the Trinity for the cathedral of St Sergius's monastery, in 1411 or in 1425–1427 by different accounts. Three angels at a table, free of clutter and in luminous blues, became a model for icon painters. The icon is now in the Tretyakov Gallery.
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Rublev's Trinity (1411 or 1425–1427) and Joan of Arc's relief of Orléans (1429) belong to the same generation.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1429 Joan of Arc relieves Orléans — 18 years later
Asia
- 1392 Founding of Joseon — 19 years earlier
- c. 1400 Founding of Malacca — 11 years earlier
- 1405–1433 Voyages of Zheng He — 6 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Johannes Gutenberg (aged 11)
- Andrei Rublev (aged 51)
- Sigismund (aged 43)
- Zheng He (aged 40)
- Henry V (aged 25)
- Sejong the Great (aged 14)
- Charles VII (aged 8)
- Murad II (aged 7)
- Wenceslaus (aged 50)
- Christine de Pizan (aged 47)