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Graphics
Vrubel Mikhail
Zara Parts with Izmail
1890–1891
Illustration to Mikhail Lermontov’s poem “Izmail-bey”
Black watercolour, white paints, ink, sepia, brush, pen and graphite pencil on paper. 41 × 30.5 cm
#1 2009 (22)
16112
Vrubel Mikhail
A Tree by the Fence
1904
Graphite pencil on paper. 24.9 × 35.7 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2011 (30), #3 2021 (72), #3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
16114
Vrubel Mikhail
Head of the Demon
1889–1890
A study for the painting “Sitting Demon” (1890, Tretyakov Gallery)
Pressed charcoal, sanguine on paper
41 × 68 cm
Reverse side: Resurrection
Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2011 (30), #3 2021 (72)
16115
Vrubel Mikhail
Portrait of Tatyana Lubatovich as Carmen
1890s
Watercolour on torchon paper
#3 2012 (36)
16116
Vrubel Mikhail
Detail of the fan. “Italian Landscape with Figures”
1890s
Watercolour on silk
#3 2012 (36)
16117
Vrubel Mikhail
Demon Downcast
1901
Sketch of eponymous painting (1902, Tretyakov Gallery)
Watercolour, gouache, bronze on paper mounted on board
21 × 30 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
#4 2012 (37), #3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
16118
Vrubel Mikhail
Italy. Night in Naples
1891
A sketch of a theatre curtain for Savva Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera in Moscow
Watercolour, white paint, pencil sketch on paper mounted on board
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
#4 2012 (37)
16119
Vrubel Mikhail
“Kiribeyevich”. After “The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov” by Lermontov
End of 1880s
Watercolour, varnish on paper. 16 × 13.7 cm
Abramtsevo Museum Reserve
#1 2015 (46)
16126
Vrubel Mikhail
Illustration to the poem “Demon” by Mikhail Lermontov
1890-1891
Sketch.
Lead pencil, black watercolour, sugar water (?) on toned paper mounted on cardboard. 33 × 50 cm
Vladimir Dahl State Museum of History of Russian Literature, Moscow
#1 2015 (46), #3 2021 (72) Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
16127
Vrubel Mikhail
Illustration to the poem “Izmail-bey” by Mikhail Lermontov
1889-1891
Sketch.
Black watercolour, whitewash on toned paper mounted on cardboard
17.7 × 33.3 cm
Literary Museum, Moscow
#1 2015 (46)
16128
Vrubel Mikhail
Demon Downcast. Illustration to the poem “Demon” by Mikhail Lermontov
1900s
Sketch.
Lead pencil, black watercolour, varnish on toned paper mounted on cardboard
25.5 × 42.7 cm; 25.9 × 43.1 cm
Literary Museum, Moscow
#1 2015 (46)
16129
Vrubel Mikhail
Demon. Illustration to the poem “Demon” by Mikhail Lermontov
1890-1900 (?)
Sketch.
Black watercolour, whitewash on paper.
33.1 × 22.1 cm (sheet); 33.6 × 22.7 cm (cardboard)
State A.S. Pushkin Museum
#1 2015 (46)
16130
Vrubel Mikhail
A Vase. Sketch
Early 1890s
Ink, watercolour, whitewash on paper
#2 2020 (67)
27845
Vrubel Mikhail
Self-portrait with a Shell
Late 1904 - early 1905
Watercolour, charcoal, gouache, sanguine on paper
58.2 × 53 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
30947
Vrubel Mikhail
Angel
1889
Sketch. Composition detail of "Resurrection"
Italian pencil, gouache on cardboard
26.1 × 31 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
30951
Vrubel Mikhail
Campanulas
1904
Lead pencil, watercolour, gouache on paper mounted on cardboard
43 × 35.6 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
30953
Vrubel Mikhail
Dress
1904
Sketch for the portrait “After a Concert”
Compressed charcoal, lead pencil on paper
17.5 × 25 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
30955
Vrubel Mikhail
Angel with Incense Burner and Candle
1887
Watercolour, lead pencil, varnish on paper mounted on cardboard
69 × 26 cm
© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine
#3 2021 (72)
30957
Vrubel Mikhail
Demon's Head
Watercolour, compressed charcoal, lead pencil on paper
23 × 35.6 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
30959
Vrubel Mikhail
Demon Downcast
Sketch of the initial variant of the painting
Watercolour, whitewash, lead pencil, iron gall ink, pen on cardboard
27.6 × 63.9 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
30965
Vrubel Mikhail
Reclining Female Nude (from her back)
1902
Watercolour, whitewash, bronze paint, lead pencil on paper mounted on cardboard
22.2 × 36 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
30969
Vrubel Mikhail
“The mermaid floated on the blue river, illuminated by the full moon...”
Illustrations for Lermontov’s poem “Mermaid” in M. Lermontov, Writings. Artist's book (Moscow: Typolithography of I.N. Kushnaryov and Co. Society, 1891)
#3 2021 (72)
30973
Vrubel Mikhail
Sea Princess. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Princess Volkhova
1904
Watercolour, lead pencil on cardboard
33.5 × 27.7 cm
A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts, Almaty
#3 2021 (72)
30977
Vrubel Mikhail
Horseman Galloping
1890
A sketch for an illustration to Mikhail Lermontov’s poem “The Demon”
Lead pencil on paper
15 × 24 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
30983
Vrubel Mikhail
The Flight of Faust and Mephistopheles
1896
Sketch for the similarly named panel for Aleksei Morozov’s house
Watercolour, ink, brush, pen on paper
10.8 × 12.5 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
30985
Vrubel Mikhail
Volga and Mikula Selyaninovich
1899
Sketch of majolica fireplace
Watercolour, lead pencil on paper
22 × 25 cm (drawing cut on the image edge)
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
30987
Vrubel Mikhail
Mikula Selyaninovich
Watercolour, whitewash, lead pencil on gray cardboard
12.1 × 41.3 cm (image delineated; measuring grid applied)
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
30989
Vrubel Mikhail
Parting of the Sea King and Princess Volkhova
1898
Gouache, bronze paint, pastel, varnish on paper mounted on cardboard
60 × 152 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
30993
Vrubel Mikhail
Sadko on the Bank of Lake Ilmen
1899
Design copy of a majolica dish
Watercolour, gouache, silver and bronze paints, charcoal, lead pencil on paper
51.8 × 65.9 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72)
30995
Vrubel Mikhail
Seraph
1904-1905
Watercolour, charcoal, lead pencil on paper
45 × 35.8 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
30999
Vrubel Mikhail
Portrait of Savva Vrubel, the Artist’s Son
1902
Watercolour, whitewash, lead pencil on paper
53 × 69.7 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72)
31001
Vrubel Mikhail
Fantasy
Lead pencil on paper
35.7 × 25 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
31007
Vrubel Mikhail
Armchair by the Table
1904
Lead pencil on paper mounted on cardboard
18.8 × 16 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72)
31009
Vrubel Mikhail
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel against a Backgound of Birches
1904
Watercolour, pastel, gouache, charcoal, lead pencil, chalk on paper
67.6 × 32.3 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
31013
Vrubel Mikhail
The Prophet
1899
Illustration for the poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin
Black watercolour, brush, lead pencil on paper
38.2 × 18.5 cm (top – semicircle)
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
31015
Vrubel Mikhail
Prophet and Seraph
1905
Illustration to the poem by Alexander Pushkin “The Prophet”.
Watercolour, ink, whitewash, lead pencil on paper
34.5 × 50 cm
© National Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg
#3 2021 (72)
31017
Vrubel Mikhail
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as a Seraph
1904
Charcoal on paper mounted on cardboard
36 × 27 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
31019
Vrubel Mikhail
Prophet’s Head
1904–1905
Charcoal, lead pencil, whitewash, watercolour on paper mounted on cardboard
43.2 × 33.5 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
31021
Vrubel Mikhail
Hamlet and Ophelia
Late 1883 - early 1894
Initial version of the painting with the same name (1884, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg)
Watercolour on paper mounted on cardboard
24.4 × 16.7 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72)
31025
Vrubel Mikhail
Betrothal of Mary and Joseph
1881
Sketch made within the academic programme
Ink, sepia, feather on paper mounted on cardboard
69.7 × 61.7 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72)
31029
Vrubel Mikhail
Mother of God with Infant
1884–1885
Icon sketch (life-size) for iconostasis of St. Cyril’s Church in Kyiv
Charcoal, whitewash on paper
193.2 × 73 cm
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2021 (72)
31031
Vrubel Mikhail
The Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel
Early 1906
Charcoal, watercolour, gouache, coloured pencil on cardboard
102.3 × 55.1 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
31033
Vrubel Mikhail
Scenes from the Life of Romans (Feasting Romans)
1883
Watercolour, whitewash, Italian and lead pencil on paper
44.7 × 53.9 cm
Russian Museum
#3 2021 (72)
31035
Vrubel Mikhail
White Iris
1886–1888
Watercolour, lead pencil on paper
24.1 × 16 cm
Kyiv Picture Gallery National Museum, Ukraine
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
31037
Vrubel Mikhail
Red Azalea. Two Flowers
1886–1888
Watercolour, lead pencil on paper
24 × 15.9 cm
© Kyiv Picture Gallery National Museum, Ukraine
#3 2021 (72), Special edition "The Poetry of Metamorphosis. THE FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS BY MIKHAIL VRUBEL"
31039