05 Works, Today, March 14th. is artist Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #072

Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko( 1835 – 1890)
Charon carries souls across the river Styx, c. 1861

Oil on canvas
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko (1835, Kremenchuk — 28 June 1890, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter who specialized in depicting Muscovite Russia of the 16th and 17th centuries…

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