Fresco on the Left Wall of the Church of St. John the…

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1911 • IARoslavlʹ (IARoslavskaiA Oblastʹ), IARoslavskaiA Oblast, Volga River Region

Fresco on the Left Wall of the Church of St. John the Baptist,…, IARoslavlʹ (IARoslavskaiA Oblastʹ), IARoslavskaiA Oblast, Volga River Region, 1911

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Fresco on the Left Wall of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Yaroslavl — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1911 (IARoslavlʹ (IARoslavskaiA Oblastʹ), IARoslavskaiA Oblast, Volga River Region).

Subjects: iaroslavlʹ (iaroslavskaia oblastʹ), volga river region, murals, icons.

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

Original Russian caption: Freska na lievoĭ stienie v tserkvi Ioanna Predtechi. IAroslavlʹ.