Russia Relocates Rublev's Icon to Saint Sergius Trinity Lavra After Media Exposes Storage Conditions

(Adnkronos) - Andrei Rublev's Trinity icon, which had been transferred in 2023, by decree of Vladimir Putin, from Moscow's State Tretyakov Gallery to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiev Posad, has been moved from the church's iconostasis, while remaining within the religious complex, after the Ekho broadcaster reported that it was kept in an environment with 80 percent humidity, much higher than the limit, due to equipment malfunction. The Moscow Patriarchate announced that 'scheduled checks on the icon's state of preservation are underway.' Rublev's fragile masterpiece was created between 1422 and 1427. It had been at the Tretyakov Gallery for almost a century.

(Adnkronos) - Following a report by the radio station Echo that the icon of the Holy Trinity by Andrei Rublev, which was moved from the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow to the Saint Sergius Trinity Lavra in Sergiyev Posad in 2023, had been stored in an environment with humidity levels exceeding the acceptable range by far, reaching 80 percent due to equipment failure. The icon remains in the religious facility. The Moscow Patriarchate announced that "regular inspections of the icon's preservation conditions are ongoing." This fragile masterpiece by Rublev was created between 1422 and 1427. It was housed in the Tretyakov Gallery for about a century.