Ilya Repin (1844-1930)

Portrait of Vasia Tarnovskii

细节

Ilya Repin (1844-1930)
Portrait of Vasia Tarnovskii
inscribed in Russian 'Vasia Tarnovskii' (upper right), further inscribed in Russian and dated '16 September Kachanovka' (lower right), later signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Il. Repin/1880' (lower right)
pencil on paper
12¾ x 9½ in. (32.6 x 24.2 cm.)

来源

Acquired by the husband of the present owner before 1950.

荣誉呈献

Anna Belousova

abelousova@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2254

拍品专文

The portrait of Vasia Tarnovskii is part of a series of studies that Repin worked on during his sojourn at the Kachanovka estate in Little Russia (modern-day Ukraine) in 1880. Repin's visit was prompted by his desire to study the collection of Cossack artifacts owned by the Tarnovskii family in preparation for his 1891 masterpiece Cossacks of Saporov are drafting a manifesto (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg). The Kachanovka estate had previously belonged to Petr Rumiantsev, who was governor of the Little Russian region under Catherine the Great.