Ivanov A. A. Naked Boy

Ivanov A. A.

1806, St. Petersburg - 1858, St. Petersburg

Naked Boy

Study. Late 1840s or 1850s

oil on canvas. 47,7 x 64,2
Ж-5293

Location in museum The Mikhailovsky Palace Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 15
Period Early 19th century
CategoryGenre Painting
Keywords Nude Model | children
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Alexander Ivanov’s paintings of naked boys set against a landscape were preliminary studies for Christ’s Appearance to the People. Detached from the foreground, the endless space of the background symbolizes «historical time» — eternal and immutable nature. As Mikhail Allenov has noted, only a child unaware of the battle of passions is capable of entering Alexander Ivanov’s landscapes without destroying their structure. The master was years ahead of his time in his resolution of plein-air tasks in these studies, although the relationship between man and the world was more typical of the preceding Romantic period. Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 145.

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