Theotokos of the Don
A model Eleusa icon for Muscovy; legend links it to Dmitry Donskoy at Kulikovo
- Author
- Theophanes the Greek (attributed)
- Style
- Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius — The Byzantine canon recast as stillness: light instead of shadow, rhythm of silhouettes instead of volume
- Century
- 14th century
Made around the same time (±30 years)
- c. 1411 Trinity — Andrei Rublev · Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius · Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
- c. 1387–1400 The Canterbury Tales — Geoffrey Chaucer · London
- 1378 Theophanes' frescoes in the Church of the Saviour on Ilyina Street — Theophanes the Greek · Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius · Veliky Novgorod
- c. 1412–1431 Porcelain Tower of Nanjing · Ming and Qing Porcelain · Nanjing
- 1420–1436 Dome of Florence Cathedral — Filippo Brunelleschi · Italian Renaissance · Florence
- 1408 Rublev's frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir — Andrei Rublev · Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius · Vladimir
What was happening in the world
- 1377 Jikji, printed with movable metal type
- 1380 Battle of Kulikovo
- 1385 Union of Krewo
- 1392 Founding of Joseon
- c. 1400 Founding of Malacca
- 1405–1433 Voyages of Zheng He