Female portrait / Zhinochyi portret
ID:
4263
Updated:
22.01.2025
Name:
Female portrait / Zhinochyi portret
Author:
Unknown artist
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
XIX century AD
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
58x74 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 975, КП – 3279
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Against the background of an olive-brown wall and an ivy-covered window, a seated young girl is depicted in profile. The girl is shown up to the hips. Her head is turned ¾ to the right. Dark hair is combed smoothly into a straight parting and goes down to the neck, covering the temples. The face is round, the forehead is high, the eyes are grey, the eyebrows are raised, and there is a dimple on the chin. Her right hand is on her knees, and she holds a white rose in her left. She is dressed in a red dress with wide white lace near the deep neckline, exposing her shoulders. She has a transparent scarf around her waist. To the left is a green chair back, and in the window (right) is a mountainous landscape with a blue sky and clouds. There is large and small mesh craquelure over the entire surface of the canvas. The edges of the canvas are grooved. The canvas was duplicated on a new one. The stretcher is sliding.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Details of theft
Year of the incident:
Place of the incident:
The Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum
Coordinates (Lat, Lon):
46.62979067231111, 32.609546919505945
Place of last known stay:
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Description of the incident location
It was opened on May 27, 1978, in the former City Hall building, an architectural monument of the early 20th century. As of 2022 (before the robbery), the museum's collection included more than 13 thousand works of art and was one of the most interesting museum collections in Ukraine. It includes works of Ukrainian and foreign painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied arts. From October 31 to November 4, 2022, the Kherson Art Museum was looted by the russian occupiers, and more than 10,000 of its most valuable exhibits were stolen. The cargo was sent to Crimea, and the works (all or part of them) ended up in the Simferopol Central Museum of Tavrida. It is unknown whether everything is still there.
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