Sverchkov N. Y. Caught in a Storm

Sverchkov N. Y.

1817 St. Petersburg - 1898, Tsarskoye Selo

Caught in a Storm

Second Half of the 19th century

oil on canvas. 50,5 х 77
Ж-2699
Received in 1919 from the Pyotr Suvchinsky collection, Petrograd

Period Late 19th century
CategoryGenre Painting
Keywords The Epoch of Alexander III (1881-1894) | The Epoch of Alexander II (1855-1881) | Art of the 1860s | winter | Horses
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The artist depicts travellers overtaken by a blizzard. The powerful gusts of the north wind are too strong even for three horses; the travellers are obliged to emerge from their sledge and help to propel it along the snow-covered road.

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