Russian art sheet №21.1856. / Rosiiskyi kнudozнnii lystok №21.1856.
ID:
4578
Updated:
05.02.2025
Name:
Russian art sheet №21.1856. / Rosiiskyi kнudozнnii lystok №21.1856.
Author:
Vasyl Timm
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1856
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, portrait, landscape
Materials:
Paper, lithography
Dimensions:
53,4x35 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 90, КП – 363
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper
Description:
The sheet combines four independent compositions: one at the top and three at the bottom. The upper composition is a panoramic image of a fortified area on the seashore with a light strip of water (horizontally). On the horizon are silhouettes of masted ships. In the foreground is an elevated area, with figures of observers of a naval battle. Below the image is the inscription: "Bombardment of the fortress of Sveaborg by the combined Anglo-French fleet, July 28 and 29, 1855". The lower left composition is a small one-story building with a 4-pitched tiled roof, with 2 male figures and a dog in the foreground on the left. The lower middle composition is a portrait of a middle-aged man (explanatory image) with a mustache and a military uniform. Under the image is the inscription: "Finnish Adjutant General F.R. Berg". The lower right composition shows a one-story building with a terrace and a porch under a tiled roof. In front of the house on the left is a tall tree with bare branches, on the right is a part of an outbuilding with a door supported by a pole. Behind the building is part of a church. Below the image is an inscription: "The house in Bakhchisarai, where the Commander-in-Chiefs, Adjutants-General Prince M.D. Gorchakov and A.N. Liders stayed in 1855-1856."
Condition: General soiling, spots of iron bacteria, remnants of mounting in the corners. Tears in the center right and left of 0.5 cm.
Condition: General soiling, spots of iron bacteria, remnants of mounting in the corners. Tears in the center right and left of 0.5 cm.
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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