Tretyakov Gallery

An art museum in Moscow renowned for its collection of Russian art. Merchant and patron Pavel Tretyakov founded it in the nineteenth century.

Theotokos of Vladimir: A Byzantine icon of the Virgin and Child, revered in Russia and preserved in Moscow. This celebrated icon anchors the gallery’s holdings of medieval Russian religious art.
Pavel Tretyakov: A Russian merchant and art patron who founded the Tretyakov Gallery. His collecting and 1892 gift established the museum’s core.
Russian icon: A religious image made for veneration in the Eastern Orthodox tradition of Russia. Icons form the collection’s historical foundation and distinguish its Old Russian holdings.
State Russian Museum: A museum in Saint Petersburg devoted to Russian art, founded in 1895. Its national collection offers a major counterpart to the Tretyakov’s Moscow-centered history.
Trinity (Rublev): An icon by Andrei Rublev depicting three angels seated around a table. The gallery holds Rublev’s masterwork, a landmark of Russian icon painting.
Sergei Tretyakov: A Russian merchant and collector whose art collection became part of the Tretyakov Gallery. His collection joined his brother Pavel’s holdings in the museum’s founding bequest.
Russian art: Visual art created in Russia or within Russian cultural traditions. The gallery’s scope is organized around this national artistic history.
Moscow: The capital and largest city of Russia. The gallery’s location places it within Moscow’s civic and cultural history.
The Appearance of Christ Before the People: A monumental painting by Alexander Ivanov, completed in 1857 after decades of work. Its dedicated room displays one of the gallery’s most ambitious nineteenth-century paintings.
Peredvizhniki: A Russian artists’ association that organized traveling exhibitions from 1870. Pavel Tretyakov collected extensively from these artists, shaping the gallery’s nineteenth-century holdings.

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