Tropinin V.A. Portrait of Pavel Vasilyev

Tropinin V.A.

1776, Karpovo (Novgorod Province) - 1857, Moscow

Portrait of Pavel Vasilyev

1830s

oil on canvas. 95 x 75
Ж-3669
Пост. в 1925 году из собрания В.Е. Маковского

Period Early 19th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Nicolas I (1825-1855) | male portrait | Musicians | hairstyles | male costume | Moscow, Moscow Region | musical instruments
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The “guitarist” type was constantly varied in the art of Tropinin and came to personify a very special image of the democratic middleclass representative of town culture. This portrait of Pavel Vasilyev is one of the most penetrative and complete images in Tropinin’s art of the 1830s. The emotional candour of the portrait and the free demeanour of the subiect, caught unawares by the artist during a burst of creative inspiration, are typical of the Romantic artistic vision.
Pavel Mikhailovich Vasilyev (1798–1854): Music lover, worked as a book-keeper for the Moscow Imperial Theatres.

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