Toros Roslin - The passage of the Red sea

• Title: The passage of the Red sea
• Artist: Toros Roslin (c. 1210-1270)
• Date: 1266
• Medium: Color and gold on parchment
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Toros Roslin was the most prominent Armenian manuscript illuminator in the High Middle Ages. He introduced a wider range of narrative in his iconography based on his knowledge of western European art while continuing the conventions established by his predecessors.

His style is characterized by a delicacy of color, an elegance of line, and an innovative iconography. The human figures in his illustrations are full of life and convey different emotional states.