The exhibition is dedicated to the jubilee of the prominent monumentalist Ivan Martos (1754-1835), presenting the viewers little-studied part of his oeuvre - easel portraits.
The exhibition shows numerous preserved works by the master in this genre, including portraits by N. Panin, M. Golitsyn, G. Potemkin-Tavrichesky and Alexander I from the collection of the Russian Museum as well as unknown portraits of I. Betsky, P. Soimonov, A. Lerberg and I. Dmitriyev from the collection of the Tsarskoe Selo State Museum Preserve, Museum of Mines, Russian National Library and Mikhail Lomonosov Museum of the Russian Academy of Science.
A catalogue for the exhibition has been published. |
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