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“The Old Testament Trinity” by Andrei Rublev

From "Andrei Rublev: Image of the 'Holy Trinity' " by Natalya Sheredega "

"In 1929, the Zagorsk History and Art Museum passed over the most acclaimed Russian icon, the “Holy Trinity” by Andrei Rublev, which is considered the acme of Russian national art, to the State Tretyakov Gallery; since then the icon has been kept under the constant attention of its curators and restorers. Rublev’s 'Holy Trinity' has attracted thousands of people of every creed, profession and age with a common desire to worship this ideal of beauty and true spirituality, executed with perfect artistic means. " Read more.

“The Trinity” by F.A. Maulbertsch

From Wikipedia: "Franz Anton Maulbertsch was an Austrian painter and engraver, one of the most renowned exponents of Rococo painting in the German and Hungarian regions. Maulbertsch was born in Langenargen and studied in the Academy of Vienna." 

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“A vision of the trinity” by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

From The National Gallery: This highly finished oil sketch relates to an altarpiece that Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painted for the chapel at the palace of Nymphenburg, outside Munich, in around 1735 (now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich). Saint Clement kneels in the foreground, a vision of the Trinity above him. God the Father and Christ, who wears a shroud and holds the Cross, are seated on a cloud; the dove of the Holy Ghost hovers below.

Tiepolo was celebrated for his use of colour and light.

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