Nesterov M. V. The Great Taking of the Veil

Nesterov M. V.

1862, Ufa - 1942, Moscow

The Great Taking of the Veil

1898

oil on canvas. 178 x 195
Ж-4335
Received in 1898

Location in museum The Benois Wing Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 68
Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
CategoryGenre Painting
Keywords Clergy, monkhood | female costume | rural landscape
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This is the finest work from the cycle of paintings by Mikhail Nesterov on the fate of Russian women, inspired by the novels of Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky on the lives of the Old Believers. The artist depicts a procession of nuns accompanying a novice to the taking of the veil among the thick forests of the Volga countryside. A quiet sorrow shines in their pensive faces. Mikhail Nesterov was elected to the Imperial Academy of Arts for this painting in 1898. Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 249.

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