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Happy Arcadia Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Happy Arcadia

Ivan Susanin Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Ivan Susanin

Boyarina Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Boyarina

Gypsy Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Gypsy

From the Everyday Life of the Russian Boyar in the Late XVII Century Print by Konstantin Makovsky

From the Everyday Life of the Russian Boyar in the Late XVII Century

Allegorical Scene Depicting Painting from the Dervis Mansion Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Allegorical Scene Depicting Painting from the Dervis Mansion

Portrait of a Girl Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Portrait of a Girl

Portrait of a Young Beauty Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Portrait of a Young Beauty

Mermaids Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Mermaids

Street in Cairo Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Street in Cairo

Girl in a National Costume Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Girl in a National Costume

Portrait of a lady in a yellow shawl Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Portrait of a lady in a yellow shawl

Portrait of a Boyarynya Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Portrait of a Boyarynya

Sweet Thoughts Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Sweet Thoughts

Boyarina 2 Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Boyarina 2

In the Garden Print by Konstantin Makovsky

In the Garden

Portrait of a Girl Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Portrait of a Girl

Young Gypsy Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Young Gypsy

Dancing Gypsy Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Dancing Gypsy

Portrait of a Girl with a Red Chrysanthemum Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Portrait of a Girl with a Red Chrysanthemum

The Toilet of Venus Print by Konstantin Makovsky

The Toilet of Venus

In the Classroom Print by Konstantin Makovsky

In the Classroom

Young Woman in a Red Beret Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Young Woman in a Red Beret

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Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait

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Cupids with flowers

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Angels

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Antique shop

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Arab with a turban

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Arab boy with orange.

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African

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Old wives' tale

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Bedouin

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The conversation at the source

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Gazebo

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Biarritz

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Bulgarian martyr

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Boris Godunov

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Boyar Morozov before Ivan the Terrible

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Boyar with a cup

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Boyar with a cup

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Boyar

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Boyar

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Boyarsky wedding feast in the XVII century.

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Noblewoman at a window

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Noblewoman

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Boyaryshnya with tray

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Boyaryshnya at a window (the spinning wheel)

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Boyaryshnya

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Breton

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Strolling musicians

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The Cairo coffee shop

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In the artist's studio

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In the park

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In the garden

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Bacchus

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Bacchante

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Widow

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Spring orgy

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Proclamation of Kuzma Minin in Nizhny Novgorod in 1611

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Piper

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Sunday evening in a Little Russian village

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Eastern woman (Gypsy)

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Eastern woman with a child

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Oriental funeral in Cairo

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Oriental motif

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Meeting of Isaac and Eleazar

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Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Choosing a Bride

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Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Choosing a Bride

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Girl's Head

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Head of an old woman

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Head (Portrait of the wife, Yu.P. Makovskaya)

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Girl with a scarf

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Girl

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Girl

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Portrait of Mrs. Vivian, wife of actor and director L.S.Vivena

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Group portrait M.S.Volkova, S.N.Volkovoy and S.M.Volkova-Manzeya

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Lady in black

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Girl with a bonnet

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Girl with a scarf

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Girl in the field

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Girl with a hat

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Girl with a jug

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Girl

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Girl

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Girl in oriental costume

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Girl with venke

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Girl in oriental costume

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Girl with a national costume

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Girl wearing a Flory

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Girl with a national costume

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Girl with a red ribbon

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Demon and Tamara

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Dervish

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Dervishes in Cairo

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Rural landscape

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Children in the field

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Children of Mr. Balashov

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Children running from the storm

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Children running from the storm

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Children playing in the studio

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Deti

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Child head (Portrait of the son Constantine)

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Child head

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Child portrait

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Egyptian warrior

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Egyptian with a child

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Woman Head (Portrait of E.Kovaliova)

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A woman's head

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A woman's head

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

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Allegory

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At the spinning wheel (Portrait of Olga's daughter)

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Woman Having Tea

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Zaporizhzhya Cossack

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The game of hide and seek

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Italian Woman

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Italian boy

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Cavalier wearing gloves

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Cossack

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Cairo

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Cairo.

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Cairo

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Cairene

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Cairene

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Cairo yard

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Prince Repin at the Banquet of Ivan the Terrible

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Coquette

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Konstantin Makovsky and Olga

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Peasant boy

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Peasant lunch during harvest

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Cups

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Reclining Model

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Summer day

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Arab boy

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The appeal of Minin in the area of ​​Nizhny Novgorod, urging people to donate

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Models in anticipation of the artist

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Italian girl with oranges

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Young nun

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Monk - tax collector in the temple

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The Moscow Show Booths

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The bridge across the river

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Portrait of a Man

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Portrait of a Man

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Music. Allegory

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Musketeer

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On the porch

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Model

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Female nude

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Female nude

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Nude Woman in Black Stockins

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Olenka and Kolya on the Steps

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Irrigation in Egypt

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Ophelia

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Ophelia

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Parisienne with a pearl necklace

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Landscape (Sea and flowers)

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Landscape

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Landscape

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Landscape

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The handing over of the Sacred Carpet in Cairo

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The transfer of the sacred carpet from Mecca to Cairo

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Petersburg courtyard.

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Under the green branches (Summer landscape)

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Portrait

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Portrait

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Portrait of A.Suvorina

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Portrait of the Composer Aleksandr Sergeyvich Dargomyzhsky

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Emperor Alexander II on His Deathbed

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Alexander II of Russia

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Portrait of a blonde woman

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Portrait of V. Morozova

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Portrait of V.Makovsky, Artist's Brother

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Portrait of Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia

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Portrait of Grand Princess Maria Nikolayevna.

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Portrait of Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky

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Portrait of Count Sergei Grigoriyevich Stroganov

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Portrait of Princess M. Orlova-Davydova

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Portrait of Princess S. Stroganova

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Portrait of a Girl

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Portrait of the Girl Zhenia

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Portrait of a Girl with a Blue Ribbon in a Hair

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Portrait of a girl

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Portrait of the Girl in Blue Dress

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Portrait of a Girl

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Portrait of a Girl in a Russian Dress

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Portrait of a Girl in a Russian Dress

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Portrait of a girl in a Russian costume

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Portrait of the Girl

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Portrait of the artist's children

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Portrait of Artist's Daughter Olya

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Portrait of E. Makovsky, Artist's Father

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Portrait of E. Gilechenko

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Portrait of a Woman with Coral Beads

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Portrait of the Artist's Wife

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Portrait of Alexander II of Russia

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Portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)

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Portrait of Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)

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Portrait of an Italian Boy

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Portrait of Princess Zinaida Yusupova

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Portrait of Prince P. Vyazemsky

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Portrait of the composer Cesar A. Kyui

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Portrait of Tradeswoman E. Rastorgueva

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Portrait of a boy

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Portrait of a boy

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Portrait of Maria Petipa

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Portrait of the Young Lady with Pink Bow

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Portrait of a Young Lady with Green Dress

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Portrait of a Young Lady in profile.

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Portrait of a Young Lady in Russian Costume

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Portrait of the Man in Red Velvet Suit

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Portrait of Nikolay Nekrasov

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Portrait of Ossip Petrov

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Portrait of Russian opera singer Nikolay Figner

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Portrait of Russian opera singer Sandra Panaeva

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Portrait of the Writer D. Grigorovich

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Portrait of Count Grigory Bobrinsky, Lieutenant of Life-Guards Hussar Regiment

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Portrait of an old man

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Son in the artist's studio

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Portrait of dark-haired beauty

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Portrait of N. A. Khudekova

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Portrait of Artist Alexander Popov

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Portrait of Artist Alexander Popov

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Portrait of the Artist Ivan Aivazovsky

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Portrait of Tsarevna Sofia

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Portrait of Y. Makovskaya

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After the Market

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Child Funeral

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Poetry

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Holiday in Ukraine

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Feast of the Sacred Carpet transfer from Cairo to Mecca

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Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Duke of Ostgotlandiya

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Discussions on the farm

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The stories of his grandfather

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The Birth of Venus

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Russian Beauty in Kokoshnik

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Satyr and Nymph

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Matchmaker

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Priest and boyarynya

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Serezha (Portrait of Son in Sailor Suit)

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Sculpture. Allegory

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Blind Man

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Death of Petronius

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Old man

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The scene on the outskirts of the city

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Meal of pilgrims in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

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Toilet of Venus

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Campfire. Kachanovka

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At the open window

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Ukrainian

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Street in Cairo

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Charon transfers the souls of deads over the Styx river

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Seamstress

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Sketch of a male head.

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Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander II

Sitting Nude Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Sitting Nude

Seated Nude Looking in a Mirror Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Seated Nude Looking in a Mirror

Bacchante Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Bacchante

Breton Girl reading a Letter Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Breton Girl reading a Letter

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Gypsy Print by Konstantin Makovsky

Gypsy

Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (Russian: Константин Егорович Маковский; June 20 [O.S. July 2] 1839 —September 17 [O.S. September 30] 1915) was an influential Russian painter, affiliated with the "Peredvizhniki (Wanderers)". Many of his historical paintings, such as The Russian Bride's Attire (1889), showed an idealized view of Russian life of prior centuries. He is often considered a representative of a Salon art.

Biography
Konstantin was born in Moscow as the older son of a Russian art figure and amateur painter, Yegor Ivanovich Makovsky. His mother was a music composer, and hoped her son would one day follow in her footsteps. His brothers Vladimir and Nikolay and his sister Alexandra also went on to become painters.

In 1851 Konstantin entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where he became the top student, easily getting all the available awards. His teachers were Karl Bryullov and Vasily Tropinin. Makovsky's inclinations to Romanticism and decorative effects can be explained by the influence of Briullov.

Although art was his passion, he also considered what his mother had wanted him to do. He set off to look for composers he could refer to, and first went to France. Before, he had always been a classical music lover, and listened to many pieces. He often wished he could change the tune, or style of some of them to make them more enjoyable. Later in his life, it came true.

In 1858 Makovsky entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. From 1860 he participated in the exhibitions of Academia with paintings such as Curing of the Blind (1860) and Agents of the False Dmitry kill the son of Boris Godunov (1862). In 1863 Makovsky, together with the other 13 students eligible to participate in the competition for the Large Gold Medal of Academia, refused to paint on the set topic in Scandinavian mythology and instead left Academia without a formal diploma.

Makovsky became a member of a co-operative (artel) of artists led by Ivan Kramskoi, typically producing Wanderers paintings on everyday life (Widow 1865, Herring-seller 1867, etc.). From 1870 he was a founding member of the Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions and continued to work on paintings devoted to everyday life. He exhibited his works on both the Academia exhibitions and the Traveling Art Exhibitions of the Wanderers.

A significant change in his style occurred after traveling to Egypt and Serbia in the mid-1870s. His interests changed from social and psychological problems to the artistic problems of colors and shape.

In the 1880s he became a fashioned author of portraits and historical paintings. At the World's Fair of 1889 in Paris he received the Large Gold Medal for his paintings Death of Ivan the Terrible, The Judgement of Paris, and Demon and Tamara. He was one of the most highly appreciated and highly paid Russian artists of the time. Many democratic critics considered him as a renegade of the Wanderers' ideals, producing (like Henryk Siemiradzki) striking but shallow works, while others see him as a forerunner of Russian Impressionism.

Makovsky became a victim of a road accident (his horse-driven carriage was hit by an electric tram) and died in 1915 in Saint Petersburg.

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