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Dionisius' frescoes at Ferapontov Monastery

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Painting · 1502 · Ferapontovo, Vologda region · Eastern Europe & Russia

Dionisius' only near-complete surviving ensemble, in pale luminous colours; a UNESCO site

Dionisius' frescoes at Ferapontov Monastery
Trasprd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Author
Dionisius and his sons
Style
Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius — The Byzantine canon recast as stillness: light instead of shadow, rhythm of silhouettes instead of volume
Century
16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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