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Christ Blessing the Children

Creation period
1890
Dimensions
83x98 cm
Technique
oil on canvas
Exhibition
10
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Nikolai Koshelev
Christ Blessing the Children
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The painting Christ Blessing the Children was created by Nikolai Koshelev, a Russian artist. He worked in the genre of historical landscape; also, he was a famous portrait painter, sketch artist, illustrator, icon painter, and muralist. 

Nikolai Koshelev was born in 1840 in the Penza Province. From early childhood, he had an interest for drawing, which was fueled by his associations with students of the A.V. Stupin School of Painting. However, Koshelev could not enter the educational institution due to the financial situation of his family. There is information that Alexander Stupin, the headmaster himself, gave private lessons to the talented boy. 

At the age of 21, Nikolai Koshelev moved to St. Petersburg, where he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts until 1865. There he met the famous artist Ivan Kramskoi and later became his associate.
 
In 1868, Koshelev received a commission to paint small domes of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The artist created images based on his own drawings, including: ‘The Word Was Made Flesh’ in the southern vault, ‘The Seven Sacraments of the Church’ in the eastern vault, and many others. For his work ‘The Lord sitting on the throne with a book of seven seals’, in the northern vault, Koshelev received the title of Academician and — five years later — the title of Professor. 
 
Nikolay Koshelev was part of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, an international scientific and humanitarian organisation founded in Russia in 1882. Later, he created sketches and murals for the Church of the Savior on Blood in St. Petersburg and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Warsaw. 
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The subject of the painting ‘Christ Blessing the Children’ from the collection of the History and Art Museum of the city of Arzamas is based on a gospel story. Its detailed description is preserved in the Gospel of Mark.
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The tenth chapter says: ‘Children were brought to Him that He might place His hands on them, but the disciples did not let those who brought them approach. When Jesus saw this, he was displeased and said to them: “Let the children come to Me and do not hinder them, for such is the Kingdom of God”.

This scene was used as a subject to art starting from the medieval period: in 1538, Lucas Cranach the Elder, a German Renaissance painter, created a painting dedicated to this scene. In the 17th century, artists of Northern Europe used this episode more often; in Russia it lied at the heart of works by several famous masters of the 19th — early 20th centuries: Karl Bryullov, Ilya Repin, Vasily Shebuev, Vasily Belyaev, and Vasily Polenov. 

In 1897–1898, Nikolai Koshelev used a similar gospel story for the icon “Blessing the Children”. He created the work using almost the same colors, however, this time the composition was oriented vertically.
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Christ Blessing the Children

Creation period
1890
Dimensions
83x98 cm
Technique
oil on canvas
Exhibition
10
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