16th-Century Pall of St. Abraham of Rostov, Said to Be Ivan…
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16th-Century Pall of St. Abraham of Rostov, Said to Be Ivan the Terrible's Gift — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1911 (Volga River Region, Rostov).
Subjects: religious articles, ivan, rostov, associated objects, 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: Pokrov XVI vieka, izobrazhaiushchīĭ Prepod. Avraamīia, shityĭ zolotom i chernymi nitkami na shelkov. polie. Po predanīiu, vozlozhen na grobnitsu Sv. Avraamīia Rostovskago TSarem Ivanom Vasilʹevichem Groznym po vozvrashchenīi iz Kazanskago pokhoda. Muz. opisi No. 3012. V Rostovskom muzeie. Rostov Velikīĭ.
