Vasilii Grigorievich Perov, 1870 - Head of a Man - fine art print

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The furrowed brow, tousled hair, and voluminous beard of the sitter bear no clue as to his identity. Based on the signature at upper right, this painting has been associated with the work of Perov, who was known for his unflinching depictions of peasants and of important Russian cultural figures such as the dramatist Aleksandr Ostrovsky and the novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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This more than 150 years old artwork was created by Vasilii Grigorievich Perov in 1870. The original measures the size: 20 7/8 x 13 7/8 in (53 x 35,2 cm) and was painted with the techinque of oil on canvas board. What is more, the piece of art is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's art collection, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Mary Jane Dastich, in memory of her husband, General Frank Dastich, 1975 (license: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Bequest of Mary Jane Dastich, in memory of her husband, General Frank Dastich, 1975. Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has a side ratio of 2 : 3, which implies that the length is 33% shorter than the width.

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