Detail of the swan dish. "this large painting depicts one of the most important social and political events of old russia, a wedding uniting two families of the powerful boyar class that dominated muscovite politics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. " (verbatim from original description, to see more). Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: 1883. Place of creation: Saint Petersburg, Russia. Dimensions: 93 in × 154 in (240 cm × 390 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Swan - A Boyar Wedding Feast (Konstantin Makovsky, 1883) Google Cultural Institute (cropped)
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