Vision of Youth Bartholomew, Mikhail Nesterov, between 1889 and 1890

One of a series of works depicting the acts of the venerable st sergius of radonezh (c. 1321-91), baptised bartholomew or varfolomei, shown here encountering a monk who helps him learn to read by sharing a piece of holy bread. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: between 1889 and 1890. Dimensions: 160 × 211 cm (62.9 × 83 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Tretyakov Gallery. Mikhail Nesterov 001 crop1