A village boy / Silskyi khlopchyk
ID:
4359
Updated:
29.01.2025
Name:
A village boy / Silskyi khlopchyk
Author:
Mykola Skadovsky
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
XIX century
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
23,5x33,7 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 670, КП – 1211
Location of special signs:
On the back on wood or on a stretcher
Description:
The image of a boy, with blond hair and large gray eyes, is given in full height in ¾ turn to the left. His right hand under his chest clutches the side of his jacket; and with his left hand, near his waist in front, he holds a brown cap. He is wearing white pants, a large dark gray jacket, worn over a white shirt. The image is on a gray-brown background. Across the entire image, a little below the center, there is a horizontal crease. Spot rash above and below the center; lower right and left - white spots. On the front side on the background is an insert. Numerous abrasions of the painted layer, general contamination.
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:
Links
Archive links
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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