Vasily Surikov · 1887
Boyarynya Morozova
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The exiled Old Believer noblewoman raising two fingers in defiance as she is dragged through the Moscow snow to her death. Surikov's monumental history painting. Tretyakov.
Up to 16 × 8 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Boyarynya Morozova
Taking a Snow Town is a painting by the Russian artist Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), completed in 1891. It is kept in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. The size of the canvas is 156×282 cm. The painting depicts the climax of an ancient folk game popular among the Siberian Cossack community. According to tradition, the game was organized on the last day of Maslenitsa, and the artist, who grew up in Krasnoyarsk, observed it many times during his childhood. Surikov worked on the canvas during his stay in Krasnoyarsk from 1889 to 1890, and finished it after his return to Moscow. Many of his relatives and acquaintances served as sitters.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasily Surikov
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov was a Russian Realist painter, active in Moscow during Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II's reigns, renowned for his large history pictures. Many of his works have become familiar to the general public through their use as illustrations.
All Vasily Surikov prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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