Viktor vasnetsov the virgin and child enthroned. Late 19th — early 20th century canvas, wood, gold leaf, oil. 49 × 18 cabinet. 12/17/2014. Lot 28 estimate: rub 15,000,000–18,000,000 price: rub 15,000,000 canvas, wood, gold leaf, oil 49 x 18 cm framed in an antique wooden carved frame. Expert opinion of the p. M. Tretyakov national institute of national economy and public administration dated july 8, 2014. The images of the vladimir cathedral became a source of inspiration for numerous more or less successful copies in churches throughout russia. Vasnetsov’s undoubted success was the images of the virgin mary. His contemporaries called him “the creator of the russian madonna. ” the artist wrote to l. M. Likhachev about his work on the image: “i do not risk competing with holy icon painters, but i consider it obligatory to seek inspiration from them. “in thee rejoices” – the mother of god with the child will be seated this time, and based on her image i will take “tenderness”, which touches me to the depths of my soul”. The artist later used the subject of “the mother of god on the throne” when creating an altar image for the russian church of st. Mary magdalene in darmstadt (1901) and a mosaic in the warsaw orthodox cathedral of st. Alexander nevsky, as well as for a work intended for exhibiting at the world exhibition in paris in 1900. Variants of “the mother of god on the throne” are presented in the house-museum of v. M. Vasnetsov and a private collection. One of the variants of this image is presented at the auction. Unlike the icon from the vladimir cathedral, in this work the scroll with the text is wound on three wooden rods instead of two, and there are no canonical inscriptions on the gold background above the halos: "mother of god". Similar details are found in the work "the virgin mary with child" from the collection of the vasnetsov house-museum, as well as in the work of 1899, intended for the world exhibition in paris. It is possible that the painting presented for auction and the work from the vasnetsov house-museum are preparatory for the image intended for the world exhibition in paris. The work presented at the december auction is a magnificent example of the religious work of v. M. Vasnetsov, it is distinguished by a special "vasnetsov" coloring, which was so dear to the artist's contemporaries. According to a. N. Benois, "the main charm of vasnetsov's decorative works is their colorful effect. He himself was so directly and simply carried away by purely russian combinations and shades of rich, full and necessarily calm colors, in which old russian decorative works are executed, that in his works he, a man of the late 19th century, completely naturally, without the slightest stretch, was able to convey these combinations and shades, beloved by people who lived 200 years ago and had so little in common with our culture. ". Date: Vasnetsov.
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