Northern Gate of the Kherson Fortress / Pivnichna brama Khersonskoi fortetsi
ID:
5088
Updated:
27.03.2025
Name:
Northern Gate of the Kherson Fortress / Pivnichna brama Khersonskoi fortetsi
Author:
Georgy Petrov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1991
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, landscape
Materials:
Canvas, oil
Dimensions:
32,5x31,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1358, КП – 6133
Location of special signs:
On the back on canvas or on a stretcher
Description:
Spring landscape with a high horizon line. In the foreground are small hills of land, in some places covered with green grass and snow, sparse shrubbery and young thin trees. In the background is a green-brown-gray stone gate, built in the 18th century; the arched entrance is franked by two massive pillars. In the background are spots of ochre-brown trees. The sky is gray with low white clouds. At the bottom right is the author's signature and date: "G. Petrov 1991". At the left edge above the middle of the canvas is a nail puncture. Reverse - The canvas is stained with oil paint stains. In the lower right part there is a leak.
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
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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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