Portrait of Ivan Pavlov (Nesterov, 1930)
| Portrait of Ivan Pavlov | |
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| Artist | Mikhail Nesterov |
| Year | 1930 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 80 cm × 77 cm (31 in × 30 in) |
| Location | Russian Museum, St Petersburg |
Portrait of Ivan Pavlov is an oil painting executed on canvas in 1930 by the Russian artist
Although friends in the scientific community had tried unsuccessfully for several years to persuade Nesterov to paint the great man, when Nesterov met him in person he was instantly determined to create a portrait. He painted him working in the verandah of his house at Koltushi scientific “village” after which the work was acquired by the Institute of Experimental Medicine in St Petersburg at which Pavlov was head of the Physiology Department.
Nesterov later presented Pavlov with a duplicate copy of the painting, after which the original was donated to the Russian State Museum.
See also
References
- ^ "Portrait of Ivan Pavlov". The Virtual Russian Museum. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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