“Michael sat, his hands folded on his knees, gazing upwards and smiling”

Ghe Nikolai. “Michael sat, his hands folded on his knees, gazing upwards and smi
Ghe Nikolai
1886

Illustration to Leo Tolstoy’s short story “What Men Live By”

Lithographic crayon, blending stump, brush on paper. 38.8 × 32.7 cm

Музей: 

Tretyakov Gallery, formerly Christoph Bolman's collection, Geneva

Magazine issue : 
#3 2011 (32)
Автор статьи: 

Nina Markova

Статья: 

The Moment of Truth. On the return of the Geneva collection of Nikolai Ge’s drawings to Russia