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Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov
Portrait of N. V. Muraviev (Russian Minister of Justice in 1894-1905)
, 1905
31.5 x 28 in. (80 x 71.1 cm.)
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Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov
Russian, 1865–1911
Portrait of N. V. Muraviev (Russian Minister of Justice in 1894-1905)
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1905
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov
Portrait of N. V. Muraviev (Russian Minister of Justice in 1894-1905)
, 1905
31.5 x 28 in. (80 x 71.1 cm.)
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Medium
Paintings, Oil on canvas
Size
31.5 x 28 in. (80 x 71.1 cm.)
Markings
Signed in Cyrillic "V. Serov" and dated 1905. Inscribed on stretcher “Muraviev N. V.”
Price
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Russian Art Salon
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Movement
Impressionism, Modern Art
Provenance
Private collection, Berlin
Literature
'At the morning of 7 January [1905] Minister of Justice N.V.Muravev attempted to negotiate with a priest G.Gapon (who was in hiding), which, according to St. Petersburg mayor General I.A.Fullon (who knew him for years), could make comfort in the ranks of the strikers. N.V.Muravev talks with G.Gapon were held in the afternoon at the Ministry of Justice. According to a testimony of Gapon himself, after Justice Minister became acquainted with contents of petition, '... he put his hand with a gesture of despair, and exclaimed,' Well, you want to limit the monarchy! ' Yes, - I answered - but this limitation would benefit both to the Emperor and his people. If there are no reforms again, revolution breaks out in Russia, fight will go on for years and cause terrible bloodshed ... Free all political prisoners and immediately convene a national representatives forum' (Witte S.Yu.Vospominaniya. T.1-3, Moscow, 1962, 3, 32). Ultimate character of radical political demands in Gapon petition made no sense in continuing negotiations, but to honor his own obligation N.V.Muravev had not ordered the immediate arrest of G.Gapon ... Action 'Assembly of Russian Factory Workers', in St. Petersburg by the general strike illegal political demands, the Thus Minister of Justice failed to timely provide a proper legal assessment of the situation, which would require police authorities of the capital to take active measures against the organizers of the strike. '[http://diak-kuraev.livejournal.com/265987.html]
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After failing to prevent the “Bloody Sunday” in 1905 N.V. Muraviev had been forced to resign as a Minister and finished his carrier dying in 1908 as an ambassador to Rome. His well known portraits had been also created by Kustodiev and Repin (as a participant in a famous painting”Russian State Council meeting”) More works by the artist are available at www.Russianartsalon.com
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