Infant John the Baptist with a lamb / Nemovlia Ioan Khrestytel z iahniam
ID:
4327
Updated:
28.01.2025
Name:
Infant John the Baptist with a lamb / Nemovlia Ioan Khrestytel z iahniam
Author:
Mikhail Shibanov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1783-1785
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, iconography
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
66x138,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 538, КП – 1070
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Portrait in height against a landscape of a half-naked, barefoot child of four years old, who embraces a white lamb touching his right cheek. The child's body is turned 3/4 to the right, the left leg is placed to the side, a light strip of tape is next to it. The right shoulder with the strap of the garment down is lowered, the head with light brown curly hair, large brown eyes and a smile on the face., slightly turned and inclined to the left. Clothing is a light brown robe that covers the lower part of the torso and thighs almost to the knees. The landscape with a low horizon line is made in brown-blue-green tones. On the right, on the background of a cloudy sky, part of the crowns of trees. The canvas was restored in the Rostov Scientific Restoration Workshops in 1977-1981.
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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