Original artwork description:

Mountain Ararat and Monastery Khor Virap. Painting from nature in Armenia was painted by a famous Russian painter Dmitry Revyakin. On the painting one can see an ancient Armenian monastery located near the border with Turkey. The monastery is known for its location at the foot of the biblical Mount Ararat, where, according to legend, Noah ended up on the ark after the Flood.
Khor Virap is noted also as a monastery and pilgrimage site because of the fact that Gregory the Illuminator was initially imprisoned here for about 14 years by King Tiridates III of Armenia. Saint Gregory subsequently became the king's religious mentor, and they led the proselytizing activity in the country. In the year 301, Armenia was the first country in the world to be declared a Christian nation. The professional landscape with famous place of Armenia is painted on a quality stretched canvas with quality oil paintings. Plein air in Armenia, monastery Khor Virap, Mountain Ararat 39°52'42.7"N 44°34'34.6"E. 8400087

Materials used:

oil

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