Two Carved Icons from Royal Doors, 18th Century, Rostov…

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1911 • Volga River Region, Rostov

Two Carved Icons from Royal Doors, 18th Century, Rostov Museum, Volga River Region, Rostov, 1911

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Two Carved Icons from Royal Doors, 18th Century, Rostov Museum — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1911 (Volga River Region, Rostov).

Subjects: icons, rostov, wood carvings, volga river region.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.

Original Russian caption: Dvie rieznykh ikony ot TSarskikh vrat, raboty XVIII vieka. Muz. opisi No. 4621. V Rostovskom muzeie. Rostov Velikīĭ.