Daniil Chyorny
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Daniil Chyorny (c. 1360 – 1430) was a Russia
Russia
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n iconographer.

Together with his companion Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes.-Biography:...

 and other painters, Daniil Chyorny worked at the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir
Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir
Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir used to be a mother church of medieval Russia in the 13th and 14th centuries...

 (1408) and Trinity Cathedral in the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra
Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra
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 in Sergiyev Posad
Sergiyev Posad
Sergiyev Posad is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh. The town status was granted to it in 1742...

 (1420s). Some icon
Icon
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s for these cathedral
Cathedral
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s are believed to have been painted by Daniil Chyorny. The icons of the Assumption Cathedral are currently displayed at the Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
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 in Moscow
Moscow
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 and Russian Museum
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 in St. Petersburg.
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