Adapted from the famous icon of d'Andrei Rublev
Reducing the biblical scene (Gen. 18, 1 - 8) of the Hospitality of Abraham to the essentials, Andrei Roublev presents three angels depicting the mystery of the Holy Trinity. These angels are inscribed in the circle of the divine Perfection which have for center the chalice: the Eucharist is the center of the dialogue between the three Persons of the Trinity.
The difficulties that appear when you try to identify the angels may indicate that the intention of the artist was not to guide the faithful to one or another of the Persons of the Trinity, but to lead the viewer, relying on a biblical image, to the contemplation of the mystery of God in three Persons.
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