A portrait of an old / Portret staroho
ID:
4273
Updated:
22.01.2025
Name:
A portrait of an old / Portret staroho
Author:
Mikola Bocharov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1981
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
66x69 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 990, КП – 3331
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
In the right part of the composition is an elderly man sitting at a table. The image of the table occupies a significant part of the composition. The figure of the old man is given in a ¾ turn to the left, his face is in front. His right hand is propping up his cheek. His elbow is on a book. The palm of the left hand, bent at the elbow, is on the table, on which there is a frying pan and two pots. The background is a white wall with two paintings hanging in the centre and clothes. The colour is based on a combination of brown, grey, red and green tones. The reverse side of the canvas is black: "Bocharov N.N. "Portrait of an Old Man" 69x66." On the stretcher on top in black: "VD SSSR." In the upper right corner of the stretcher in black is the inventory number 7822. In the lower right corner scuffs. Above, numerous spills. At the bottom, a 2.2 x 0.5 cm sliver of paint layer. Above, on the right, three punctures from a nail.
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:
2022
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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