The Congratulation of the Newly-weds after the Wedding

Details

Il'ia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930)
The Congratulation of the Newly-weds after the Wedding
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'I. Repin 1894' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19¾ x 41 3/8 in. (50.2 x 105.1 cm.)

Literature

S. Ernst, Repin, Leningrad, 1927, p. 109, no. 61.

Exhibited

Leningrad, The Russian Museum, Repin Jubilee Exhibition, probably no. 61, listed as 'Pozdravlenie novobrachnykh posle venchaniia', signed and dated 1894, 0.50 x 1.235 cm.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

At first glance, the present painting may appear to relate to 'The Coronation of Nicholas II and Grand Duchess Alexandra Fedorovna' (State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg), painted by Repin in 1894. However, careful examination shows the painting is far from related to the aforementioned work due to the presence of figures such as the peasant woman on the right of the composition and the lack of formal dress worn by the young girl on the left.

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