List of oldest Russian icons

This is the complete list of the oldest extant Russian icons created in Kievan Rus' and the Rus' principalities before and during the reign of Alexander Nevsky (1220–63).

1000–1130

Image	Name and date	Provenance	Current location
Rus'-Byzantine icons (possibly painted by Greek artists in Kievan Rus)
File:Golden robes.jpg	Saviour in a Golden Riza c. 1050 (overpainted in 1699)	Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
File:Ancient icon of sts peter & paul.jpg	Saints Peter and Paul c. 1050 (partly overpainted in the 16th century)	Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod	Novgorod Art Museum
File:George Uspenskiy.jpgFile:Hodegetria (Uspenskiy sobor).jpg	Saint George // Hodegetria (double-sided) c. 1100	Yuriev Monastery Dormition Cathedral, Moscow	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
File:Gottesmutter von Wladimir.jpg	Theotokos of Vladimir c. 1100	Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir Dormition Cathedral, Moscow	State Tretyakov Gallery (Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi)

1130–1200

Image	Name and date	Provenance	Current location
Icons of Novgorod
File:Annunciation ystuj.jpg	Ustyug Annunciation, c. 1130	Yuriev Monastery Cathedral of the Annunciation	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Novgorod George.jpg	Saint George c. 1130	Yuriev Monastery	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Znamenie ikona Novgorod.jpg	The Sign (double-sided) c. 1150	Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod	Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
File:Christos Acheiropoietos.jpg	The Mandylion (double-sided) c. 1180	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow	Tretyakov Gallery
File:Unknow - The Angel with Golden Hair - Google Art Project.jpg	The Angel with Golden Hair	Rumyantsev Museum	State Russian Museum
File:Umilenie Uspenskiy.jpg	Eleusa	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Nicholas of Novgorod.jpg	Saint Nicholas c. 1200	Novodevichy Convent	State Tretyakov Gallery
Icons of Vladimir-Suzdal
File:Bogolubskaya ikona.jpg	Theotokos of Bogolyubovo 1155	Bogolyubovo	Convent of Princesses, Vladimir
File:Fedorovskaya3.jpgFile:Saint Paraskevi (back of Fyodorovskaya Theotokos).jpg	Our Lady of Saint Theodore // Saint Paraskevi (double-sided)	Gorodets-on-the-Volga (Alexander Nevsky's family)	Theophany Monastery, Kostroma
File:Moscow deesis.jpg	Deesis with the Archangels 1180s?	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow	State Tretyakov Gallery

1200–1250

Image	Name and date	Provenance	Current location
Icons of Vladimir and Suzdal
File:Suzdal deesis.jpg	Deesis with John the Baptist and the Virgin	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Michael to Joshua.jpg	Saint Michael Appearing to Joshua 1190s? 1210s?	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
File:Saint Demetrios de Thessalonique.jpg	Demetrius of Thessaloniki 1190s? 1210s?	Dormition Cathedral, Dmitrov (a gift from Vsevolod III)	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Zlaty vlasy (13th c., Assumption Cathedral).jpg	Saviour of Golden Locks (Christ Chalkites) c. 1200	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow (probably brought from Yaroslavl)	Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
Icons of Yaroslavl and Rostov
File:Oranta.jpg	Orans of Yaroslavl (Great Panagia) c. 1220	Dormition Cathedral, Yaroslavl	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Pantocrator (13th c., Yaroslavl museum).jpg	Saviour of Yaroslavl (Christ Pantocrator) c. 1220	Dormition Cathedral, Yaroslavl	Yaroslavl Art Museum
File:Saint Michael (Yaroslavl, 13th c., GTG).jpg	Michael the Archangel c. 1220	Archangel Cathedral, Yaroslavl	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Holy Mandylion (Yaroslavl, 13th c., GTG).jpg	The Mandylion	Novlenskoye (near Poshekhonye)	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Pantocrator from Gavshinka (1200s, Rublev's museum).jpg	Christ Pantocrator c. 1250	Gavshinka Church near Yaroslavl	Andrei Rublev Museum (Andronikov Monastery)
File:Большая икона Толгской Богоматери.jpg	Theotokos of Tolga Enthroned	Tolga Monastery, Yaroslavl	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Theotokos of kashin.jpg	Theotokos of Kashin	St. Demetrius Monastery, Kashin	Kalyazin Art Museum
Icons of Novgorod and Belozersk
File:Dormition Oblatchnoe, an icon from Desyatinny Monastery in Novgorod, Russia.jpg	The Cloud Dormition c. 1200	Monastery of the Tithes, Novgorod	State Tretyakov Gallery
File:Korin znamenie.jpgFile:Ulyana.jpg	Our Lady of the Sign // Saint Juliana	Zverin Monastery, Novgorod	Pavel Korin's collection at the Tretyakov Gallery
File:Starorusskaya.jpg	Eleusa of Staraya Russa	Staraya Russa	State Russian Museum
File:Belozerskaya icon.jpg	Theotokos of Belozersk c. 1220	Belozersk Cathedral	State Russian Museum
File:Belozersk icon.jpg	Saints Peter and Paul	Church of Sts. Peter and Paul Belozersk	State Russian Museum
File:Św Jan Klimak, Jerzy i Błażej.jpg	St. John Climacus with Sts. George and Blaise c. 1250	Krestsy near Novgorod	State Russian Museum

See also

• Russian icons

Sources

• В. Д. Сарабьянов, Э. С. Смирнова. История древнерусской живописи. М., ПСТГУ, 2007.