Retired Butler

Vereshchagin V. V.

1842, Cherepovets, Novgorod Gubernia - 1904, near Port Arthur

Retired Butler

1888

oil on canvas. 47 х 32
Ж-4181

Period Late 19th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Alexander III | мужской портрет | male costume
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From 1887–1888, Vasily Vereshchagin traveled around the cities of Russia. He visited Yaroslavl, Rostov, and Kostroma. The artist studied old Russian architecture and collected antique artefacts of everyday life. Observing the slow life of provincial cities, Vereshchagin was especially interested in the fates of people whom he met during his travels, and created a series of portraits of several of them. In 1895, the artist published the book Illustrated Autobiographies of Several Insignificant Russian Persons, the main characters of which were the models for his paintings, including an old house butler.

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