Russian art sheet №13.1859. Ruins of ancient Chersonese / Rosiiskyi kнudozнnii lystok. №13.1858. Ruiny davnoho Kнersonesu
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4431
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
Russian art sheet №13.1859. Ruins of ancient Chersonese / Rosiiskyi kнudozнnii lystok. №13.1858. Ruiny davnoho Kнersonesu
Author:
Vasyl Timm
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1858
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, landscape
Materials:
Paper, lithography
Dimensions:
51,9x34,3 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 36, КП – 309
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
The image is in an oval frame with a rectangular frame that has triple arched sections of the corners. Landscape motif. A flat seashore with a strip of water near the horizon and bays to the right in the background. In the foreground to the right is the ruin of a stone wall with three holes at the foundation overgrown with grass. In the background to the right of the shore are small figures of people, a tent, a kibbitz, horses, and a fire. To the left, in the second and distant backgrounds, are the outlines of city ruins. In the gray-blue sky in the center is a white disk of the sun. Below the image is the inscription: "Ruins of the ancient Chersonis Tauric", below: "Chersonis was known as... Korsun".
Condition: General contamination of the sheet, staining, stains of iron bacteria.
Condition: General contamination of the sheet, staining, stains of iron bacteria.
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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