Portrait of a Soviet soldier, National Hero of Italy / Portret natsionalnoho heroia Italii radianskoho soldata
ID:
4277
Updated:
22.01.2025
Name:
Portrait of a Soviet soldier, National Hero of Italy / Portret natsionalnoho heroia Italii radianskoho soldata
Author:
Jacques Ikhmalian
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1974
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
93x73 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 996, КП – 3337
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Against a dark brown background with two rectangular window openings in white and blue, the right one narrower and shifted upwards, an explanatory image of a man in a ¾ turn to the right. The right hand, with a barely traced hand, is bent at a right angle, the shoulder line is almost straight, and the neck is high and straight, turning into an elongated, angular head. The right side of the head and figure is narrowed and offset relative to the left, in the shade. Short, straight hair is parted in a straight parting, the forehead is high, the eyebrows are thin, the eyes are large, the nose is straight, and the lips are compressed. The head and neck are painted in light brown tones, the clothes are white and blue. At the bottom right is the author's signature in Armenian.
On the stretcher: on the left, a sticker "USSR East Secondary School No. 4147", above in black: "DV VSKh USSR", on the top right: "4157". On the canvas in the lower right corner is the author's signature: "National Hero of Italy, Soviet soldier Mkrtich Dashtoyan. Art. Ikhmalian Jacques 1974" and a monogram. Traces of mounting from the stretcher, two at the top and bottom near the side edges. Scuffs along the edges, traces of the frame.
On the stretcher: on the left, a sticker "USSR East Secondary School No. 4147", above in black: "DV VSKh USSR", on the top right: "4157". On the canvas in the lower right corner is the author's signature: "National Hero of Italy, Soviet soldier Mkrtich Dashtoyan. Art. Ikhmalian Jacques 1974" and a monogram. Traces of mounting from the stretcher, two at the top and bottom near the side edges. Scuffs along the edges, traces of the frame.
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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