MIKHAIL PETROVICH BOTKIN
"DANDY"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
RUSSIAN, C.1900
47.25 X 24 INCHES
Mikhail Petrovich Botkin Russian painter and engraver, Mikhail Botkin was born in 1839 in Moscow. He studied at the St. Petersburg academy. He is noted for a series of works depicting biblical subjects, taken in particular from the New Testament, as well as for his genre scenes. His work is in the collections of the Rumiantsev Museum and the State Tretyakov Gallery, both in Moscow. |