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[[Image:RublevIcon.jpg|right|thumb|Icon of Saint Andrei Rublev]]
Saint '''Andrei Rublev''' (1360? - [[January 29]], 1430) is considered one of the greatest [[iconographers]] of all time. He lived in Russia and was also a monk. His [[feast day]] is [[July 4]].
==Life and works==
Eventually Andrei decided to become a [[monk]], and with the blessing of the new igumen of his monastery traveled to another, the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, founded by St [[Andronicus]] ([[June 13]]). There he was tonsured a monk and began to study [[iconography]] under [[Theophanes the Greek]] and a monk named Daniel.
==Selected icons==
[[image:Rublev Trinity.jpg|right|thumb|Rublev's most famous icon depicts the three [[angels]] who appeared to [[Abraham]] and [[Righteous Sarah|Sarah]]. The angels are considered a type of the [[Holy Trinity]]; accordingly, this scene is the only one in which iconographers are allowed to depict [[God the Father]].]]
*Ascension of Christ (ca. 1408)
*Theotokos of Vladimir (ca. 1405)
