The Archangel Michael (icon)
13th-century Russian icon
The Archangel Michael is a 13th-century icon, originating in a church dedicated to its subject near the river Kotorosl in Iaroslavl in Russia – that church was built in 1216 by grand prince Constantin Vladimirski and restored in 1300 by princess Anne, wife of Theodore the Black. It shows Michael the Archangel. Its red and brown colour scheme is reminiscent of church frescoes around Kiev in north-east Russia between 1200 and 1250, whilst its composition recalls some miniatures of the evangelists from the 1220s and 1230–1233 produced for the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Suzdal.