DETAILS
- Artist
- Vladimir Borovikovsky
- Date
- 1750
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THE ARTIST
Vladimir Borovikovsky
Vladimir Borovikovsky, a Russian artist of Ukrainian Cossack origin, dominated portraiture at the turn of the 19th century, capturing the ideals of beauty and inner worlds of his sitters.
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