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The Beauty

1915

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The story

The Moscow Art Theatre actress Faina Shevchenko first refused to pose, then agreed for the sake of art. Her director Stanislavski called her a harlot before forgiving her, and an Orthodox Metropolitan claimed the devil had guided Kustodiev's hand.

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Object details

Title: The Beauty
Artist: Boris Kustodiev
Date: 1915
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0714
Original image: 3000 × 2265 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Boris Kustodiev. The Beauty. 1915. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0714/