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Monks at the Door of a Mosque
Vasily Vereshchagin (Russian, 1842–1904)
1870s
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
61 x 49.2 cm (24 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson
Accession Number25.229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
In the mid-1860s Vereshchagin studied in Paris with the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. Like many artists of his day, Vereshchagin sought sources of inspiration in non-European subjects. In search of new motifs, he travelled extensively in Central Asia (late 1860s) and in India (late 1870s), participating as an artist in Russian wars in Turkestan and in the Balkan Peninsula. His series of Japanese subjects was under way when, in 1904, he died on a battleship during the conflict between Russia and Japan.
InscriptionsLower right: [cyrillic monogram]
ProvenanceMary Rich (Mrs. Thomas O.) Richardson (b. 1849 - d. 1924), Boston and Newport, RI; 1925, bequest of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 4, 1925)