Portrait of Gavriil Derzhavin

Borovikovsky Vladimir. Portrait of Gavriil Derzhavin. 1795
Borovikovsky Vladimir
1795

Oil on thin cardboard

28.7 × 23.5 cm

Gavriil Derzhavin (1743-1816), poet and statesman. His house became home to Vera Voyeikova, grandmother of Vasily Polenov, who was raised there together with her sisters by her aunt, Darya Derzhavina

Музей: 

Tretyakov Gallery

Magazine issue : 
#3 2019 (64)
Автор статьи: 

Eleonora Paston

Статья: 

From the Golden Age to the Silver Age. THE CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT OF VASILY POLENOV IN THE PRISM OF RUSSIAN CULTURE