Tag: Sea Czar

Ilya Repin, (1844–1930) Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, c. 1876 Oil on canvas canvas Height: 3,225 mm (126.97 in). Width: 2,300 mm (90.55 in). State Russian Museum Sadko is the principal character in a Russian medieval epic bylina. He was an adventurer, merchant, and musician from Novgorod.  One day, as Sadko was playing his gusli/zither on the…