Vrubel Mikhail

Sketch for the icon “Mother of God with Child” for the iconostasis of St. Cyrill’s Church, Kyiv

Watercolour, gouache, lead pencil and varnish on white, grey, and yellow paper on canvas with a stretcher

57 × 48 cm

Sheet comprised of nine parts

Sketch of an unrealised mural for St. Volodymir’s Cathedral in Kyiv

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

31.6 × 43 cm (without frame)

Oil on plaster

The vault of the central dome. St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine

Plafond for the home of E.D. Dunker in Moscow.

The central plafond of the triptych “Flowers”. 1894

Oil on canvas. 300 × 163 cm

From the “Shells” sketch series. Late 1904– early 1905

Coloured chalks, lead and Italian pencils, charcoal, black pastel, sanguine on paper

42.4 × 34.2 cm (reverse)