Saint Christopher (from Mark Antony) / Sviatyi Khrystofor (z Marka Antonia)
ID:
5308
Updated:
08.04.2025
Name:
Saint Christopher (from Mark Antony) / Sviatyi Khrystofor (z Marka Antonia)
Author:
Mykola Mosolov
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
Second half of the 19th century.
Type:
Graphics
Technique of implementation:
Graphics, portrait
Materials:
Paper, engraving
Dimensions:
17,3x12,9 5,2xx8,5 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Г – 615, КП – 1614
Location of special signs:
On the back on paper or cardboard
Description:
In the center is Christopher, walking to the left. He is depicted in full-length. His head is turned sharply to the right and upward toward the infant standing on his shoulders, who is turning sharply to the right. Christopher has disheveled hair, mustache and beard. His right hand rests on a stick, his left on his belt. He is dressed in a short chiton, with a halo above his head. The infant holds Christopher by the hair with his right hand, and holds the sceptre in his left hand. From the neck to the right - the drapery of the cloak develops. Under the image in graphite pencil: "Mark-Antony gr. N. Mosolova KS 152 St. Christ". Sticker No. 1296 ODMZSM and No. 13547. General yellowing of the sheet. "Grips" in the margins.
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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