DETAILS
- Artist
- Ivan Kramskoi
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Tretyakov Gallery
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THE ARTIST
Ivan Kramskoi
Ivan Kramskoi, a leading Russian Realist, co-founded the Peredvizhniki movement and captured the profound psychology of his subjects, from peasants to literary giants.
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