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Konstantin Makovsky: A Boyar Wedding Feast

Artist



Alternative names	Russian: Константин Егорович Маковский, Konstantin Egorovič Makovskij
Description	Russian painter
Date of birth/death	20 June 1839 (in Julian calendar)	17 September 1915 (in Julian calendar)
Location of birth/death	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
Work location	Saint Petersburg, Moscow
Authority file	: Q460337 VIAF: 52889416 ISNI: 0000000080401357 ULAN: 500118146 LCCN: n93011871 WGA: m/makovsky/konstant WorldCat

artist QS:P170,Q460337

Title

Russian:

«Боярский свадебный пир»

A Boyar Wedding Feast

title QS:P1476,ru:"Боярский свадебный пир"

label QS:Lru,"Боярский свадебный пир"

label QS:Len,"A Boyar Wedding Feast"

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Description

"This large painting depicts one of the most important social and political events of old Russia, a wedding uniting two families of the powerful boyar class that dominated Muscovite politics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries." (Verbatim from original description, to see more)

Date

1883

date QS:P571,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

Medium

oil on canvas

medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

Dimensions

93 in × 154 in (240 cm × 390 cm)

Collection

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

	Native name	Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 56′ 37.32″ N, 77° 03′ 09.36″ W
	Established	1973
	Website	www.hillwoodmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q2058611 VIAF: 311459860 ISNI: 0000000403988915 LCCN: n2014065947 GND: 1073552098 NKC: ko2012681406 WorldCat

institution QS:P195,Q2058611

Accession number

51.79 (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens)

Place of creation

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Notes

From the estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1973)

References

http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/collection/item/51.79

Source/Photographer

Google Cultural Institute (original file link)

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