Nativity of Christ

Iconography:  Nativity of Christ

Date: XVII century.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 180 cm, width 142 cm

The icon represents a scene of the Nativity of Christ with 20 border panels showing other scenes from his life. The mullion depicts the Nativity of Christ. The upper field of the icon (above border panels 01 through 06) and the lower part (under border panels 15 through 20) contain brief descriptions of of the events depicted in the panels. Similar descriptions are presented on the icon (near the panels 17 through 14).

Inv. № 130. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art


  • General view
  • Mullion
  • Mullion fragment 01
  • Mullion fragment 02
  • Mullion fragment 03
  • Mullion fragment 04
  • Mullion fragment 05
  • Mullion fragment 06
  • Mullion fragment 07
  • Mullion fragment 08
  • Mullion fragment 09
  • Mullion fragment 10
  • Mullion fragment 11
  • Mullion fragment 12
  • Border panel 01
  • Border panel 02
  • Border panel 03
  • Border panel 04
  • Border panel 05
  • Border panel 06
  • Border panel 07
  • Border panel 08
  • Border panel 09
  • Border panel 10
  • Border panel 11
  • Border panel 12
  • Border panel 13
  • Border panel 14
  • Border panel 15
  • Border panel 16
  • Border panel 17
  • Border panel 18
  • Border panel 19
  • Border panel 20
  • Inscription on the border panel 01
  • Inscription on the border panel 02
  • Inscription on the border panel 03
  • Inscription on the border panel 04 left
  • Inscription on the border panel 04 right
  • Inscription on the border panel 05
  • Inscription on the border panel 06
  • Inscription on the border panel 06 right
  • Inscription on the border panel 07 left
  • Inscription on the border panel 08 right
  • Inscription on the border panel 09 left
  • Inscription on the border panel 10 right
  • Inscription on the border panel 11 left
  • Inscription on the border panel 12 right
  • Inscription on the border panel 13 left
  • Inscription on the border panel 14 right
  • Inscription on the border panel 15 left
  • Inscription on the border panel 16
  • Inscription on the border panel 18
  • Inscription on the border panel 20 right