The Virgin’s heavenly rapture as a theme in Yaroslavl art of the late 17th and early 18th centuries

In its heydays, Yaroslavl art expanded range of literary sources. The composition Ioanniky Galyatovsky “Nebo Novoe” (“New Heaven”) was very popular. miracle St Thomas Becket Canterbury, in which the Virgin tells him her rapture Heaven, became an iconographic subject. this theme can be found several versions, both icons and monumental painting. It is believed that appeared developed school icon painter Feodor Ignatiev. Currently, plot has not been identified other centres art.