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The Final Feat of Prince Mikhail Volkonsky

Creation period
the first half of the 19th century
Place of сreation
the Russian Empire
Dimensions
120x148 cm
Technique
canvas, oil
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Initially, the work presented in the museum was housed in the art gallery of the Sukhanovo estate in the Moscow Governorate, which belonged to the princes Volkonsky. In 1927, the painting was transferred from the State Procurement Commission to the Kaluga Regional Art Museum. The sketch for the painting is kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

Little is known about the artist who created the painting. Vasily Kuzmich Demidov was noted for history paintings. It is established that he served for some time in the stable department at the court in the rank of non-commissioned officer. In 1833, Demidov became a non-matriculated student of the Academy of Fine Arts, and studied “in the class of history painting” under the famous artist Karl Bryullov. Vasily Kuzmich was a participant in the exhibitions of the Imperial Academy of Arts. In 1846, the Council of the Imperial Academy of Arts approved the sketch of his painting “Olga’s Meeting with Prince Igor” and in 1848 — the sketch “The Siege of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in 1610”.

The events interpreted in the painting are described in the “Kaluga Chronicle from the Ancient Time to 1841”, compiled by V.V. Khanykov according to Archimandrite Leonid,
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In 1610, “False Dmitry came to the St. Paphnutius Monastery, where Voivode Prince Mikhailo Volkonsky, Yakov Zmiev and Afanasy Chelishchev were. The Lithuanians or Poles approached the monastery unsuccessfully, until Voivodes Zmiev and Chelishchev betrayed their fatherland and the monastery to the enemies. Only Prince Volkonsky with his loyal people fought until he was wounded in the very church at the left kliros over the coffin of St. Paphnutius and fell lifeless. Up to 12,000 people of every rank were killed in the monastery.”
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Vasily Demidov’s work is a textbook example of Russian history painting of the era of Nicholas the First. The tragic event is not simply indicated, as is typical of classical painting, but also receives a romantic interpretation. Thus, a specific and sublime spectacle is recreated, embodying the famous formula of Russian statehood — “Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality”.
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The Final Feat of Prince Mikhail Volkonsky

Creation period
the first half of the 19th century
Place of сreation
the Russian Empire
Dimensions
120x148 cm
Technique
canvas, oil
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