12 Works, July 16th. is Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #193

Alexander Andreevich Ivanov
John the Evangelist (half-figure), c. 1840

Oil on paper
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (July 16, 1806 – July 15 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries…

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