Viktor Vasnetsov - Fatherhood (Detail); State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; 1907
I’ve posted this one a few times before, but I never tire of looking at it
The magnificent interior of the Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The church received its name by being built on the spot where Emperor Aleksander II was assassinated in March 1881. Though perhaps known as the quintessential Russian church, its architect, Alfred Parland, was actually of English descent.
Russian dinner menu, designed by Viktor Vasnetsov, for the Sacred Coronation of Sovereign Emperor Aleksander III and the Sovereign Empress Maria Feodorovna, in 1883.
Ivan Makarov - The Sermon on the Mount: Christ Blessing the Imperial Family; 1889
I don’t know why but I am fascinated by tacky patriotic paintings
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