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Vrubel Mikhail
The Metropol Hotel, Moscow: central facade with “Princess of Dreams” majolica panel
Princess of Dreams. 1899-1903
Ceramic panel on the central façade of the Metropol Hotel in Moscow
2017. Photograph. V. Chaika
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Photograph of Edmond Rostand inscribed by the author for Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik, translator of “La Princesse Lointaine”
#2 2005 (07)
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Lydia Yavorskaya – the first Russian actress to play the Princess of Dreams
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Ceremonial opening. Viktor Vekselberg, Mikhail Shvydkoy and Valentin Rodionov
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Mikhail VRUBEL. Mother of God with Infant. 1885
Image from iconostasis in St. Cyril’s Church in Kyiv.
Oil on zinc plate, gilding. 192.9 × 79.8 cm
Photograph
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Nadezhda Zabela by a lilac bush in the garden in Ivanovskoye hamlet. 1900
Photograph
© Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
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Mikhail Vrubel, Boris Yanovsky and Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel in Talashkino. 1899
Photograph
© Manuscript Department of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Fund 92. Item 18
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Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as the Swan Princess
Photograph
© Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow
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Opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”. Scene 1, Act 4. 1900
The Swan Princess: Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel,
Guidon: Anton Sekar-Rozhansky, Militrisa: Yelena Tsvetkova. In the foreground: conductor Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Photograph
© Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow
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Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as the Swan Princess. 1900
Photograph
© Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow
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Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Volkhova in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Sadko”. 1900
Photograph: A. Pazetti. Inscription on the photo: “From the depth of the sea and my soul, as a keepsake to dear Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Kors. Princess Volkhova
Nadezhda Zabela. April 21, 1898”
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Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as Martha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tsar’s Bride”
Opera Singers Society of the Russian Private Opera, Moscow. 1899.
Photo: V. Chekhovsky
© Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow
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Opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”. Scene from the second act. 1900
The Swan Princess: Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel, Guidon: Anton Sekar-Rozhansky, Militrisa: Yelena Tsvetkova.
In the foreground: conductor Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Photograph
© Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow
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Fireplace "Mikula Selyaninovich and Volga Svyatoslavovich" by Mikhail Vrubel inside the Handicrafts Pavilion at the 1900
Paris Exposition Universelle. Reproduced from the "Mir Iskusstva" ("World of Art") magazine. 1900. (No. 21-22).
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At the Hut on Chicken Legs. Left to right: unknown man, Ilya Ostroukhov, Sergei Mamontov, Nikolai Mamontov, Mikhail Vrubel. [1890-1892]
Photograph
© Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve
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On a walkway in Abramtsevo park. Far left: Maria Artsybusheva and Mikhail Vrubel; far right: Vera Mamontova and Vsevolod Mamontov Early 1890s
Photograph
© Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve
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On the verandah of the main manor house. Left to right: Mikhail Vrubel, Sofia Sverbeyeva, Ya. Karpov, Vsevolod Mamontov, Yelizaveta Mamontova, Aleksander Kiselev and Vera Mamontova
Early 1890s. Photograph
© Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve
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On the verandah of the main manor house. Left to right: Vera Mamontova, unknown man, Mikhail Vrubel, unknown woman, unknown man, Lyubov Lakhtina
Photograph. Early 1890s
© Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve
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Interior of the Church of the Saviour Not-Made-By-Human-Hands. Southern wall with a glazed tile stove, based on sketches by Mikhail Vrubel
Photograph
© Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve
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Walk-through room. Stove-bench, based on sketches by Mikhail Vrubel. Spiral staircase. 1898
Photograph
© Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve
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A photograph from the newspaper “Nashe Vremya”, No. 15, April 8, 1910
Manuscript Department, Russian Museum. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 67. Sheet 11
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Mikhail VRUBEL. The Archangel Gabriel in a scene from the “Annunciation”
The northern pillar in front of the altar of St Cyrill’s Church, Kyiv. Late 19th century. Photograph
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Mikhail Vrubel (left), Vladimir von Derviz and Valentin Serov in their youth
St. Petersburg. 1883. Photograph
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum. Fund 160. Inventory 1. Item 363. Sheet 6
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Mother-of-pearl shell (haliotis or ear shell) that belonged to Mikhail Vrubel
Inside part
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 370
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Mother-of-pearl shell (haliotis or ear shell) that belonged to Mikhail Vrubel
Outside part
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 370
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Christ Pantocrator (Christ Almighty) surrounded by angels
The central dome of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv Mosaics. 11th century. Of the four Archangels, only one is mosaic (the figure in a blue chiton). The others were finished by Mikhail Vrubel in the course of restoration using oil paints (1884).
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View of the altar screen of St. Cyrill’s Church (Kyiv) with four examples of Vrubel’s work: “St. Athanasius,” “The Mother of God with Infant,” “Christ” and “St. Cyrill”
1885
The iconostasis of St. Cyrill’s Church which was executed
in Venice for the iconostasis of St. Cyrill’s Church in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Contemporary photograph
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Mikhail Vrubel’s Album. 1884–1885
Kyiv – Odessa
There are 44 pages in the album, seven of which are blank. Previously, the album contained 46 sheets. It included “Portrait of V.A. Serov” and “Self-Portrait”, on the reverse of which the wrist of Vrubel’s left hand is depicted. These works are now on separate pages.
The binder’s size (vertically): 13.5 ×10.5 cm. Sheet size: 13.2 × 9 cm
© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine
Previously kept in A. Prakhov family collection, Kyiv
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Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
Photographie Manfredi & Quintal. Paris. 28 Faub[ourg] St. Honoré
Photographie Manfredi & Quintal. Paris. 28 Faub[ourg] St. Honoré.
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 88. Sheet 3
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Venetian façade. Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum.
Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 86. Sheet 13
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Macramé lace from Vologda Governate Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum.
Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 84. Sheet 23
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Ancient pectoral icon and necklace Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
Photo #515
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum.
Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 85. Sheet 6
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A view of part of the reception room at the Kremlin’s Terem Palace Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s collection
Photo # 2073
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 85. Sheet 18
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View of a ceremonial corridor in the Kremlin’s Terem Palace Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s collection
Photo # 2085
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 85. Sheet 23
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View of a chamber of the Kremlin’s Terem Palace. Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
Photo # 2075
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 85. Sheet 19
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Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 86. Sheet 10
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Elbrus and the ridge between Azau and Donguzorun from a height of 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection.
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 84. Sheet 18
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Kazbek Mountain. Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 84. Sheet 19
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Georgian Military Road. Kazbek Mountain. Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 84. Sheet 20
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Simeiz. 1899. Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 86. Sheet 16
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Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 86. Sheet 2
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Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 86. Sheet 6
Приложение к #3 2021 (72) «Поэзия метаморфоз. ЦВЕТЫ И ОРНАМЕНТЫ МИХАИЛА ВРУБЕЛЯ»
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Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 86. Sheet 4
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Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection. Lilac bush at the cottage belonging to Nikolai Ge (Ivanovskiy Village, Chernigov Governate)
[1901]. Photograph by Viktor Zamerailo
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 84. Sheet 1
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Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection. Lilac bush at the cottage belonging to Nikolai Ge (Ivanovskiy Village, Chernigov Governate)
[1901]. Photograph by Viktor Zamerailo
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 84. Sheet 13
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Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel “imbibing” lilac. [1901]
Photograph from Mikhail Vrubel’s personal collection
Photograph by Viktor Zamerailo
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Fund 34. Inventory 1. Item 84. Sheet 15
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Mikhail VRUBEL. Photograph from the studio of Karl Fischer. 1900s
© Manuscript Department, Russian Museum. Fund 85. Inventory 1. Item 194. Sheet 3
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A flower from a theatrical dress belonging to Nadezhda Zabela based on a drawing by Mikhail Vrubel
17.5 cm. Cotton cloth
© Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
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