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Old Riga

Advertising of tobacco factory A.S. MaikaparOld Riga 1937

Vivarium

Still life with a mouse

Still life with a mouse

Grenadiers of the Royal Guard in 1824 during the Battle of Trocadero

Grenadiers of the Royal Guard in 1824 during the Battle of Trocadero

Summer

Hunting with a falcon

Hunting with a falcon

Yachts on the coast of Lielupe

Yachts on the coast of Lielupe

Still life with flowers

Still life with flowers

In Tukums

Winter evening

Painting "Shore"

Painting "Shore"

Painting "Shore"Provenance: from the collection of Metropolitan Leonid in Riga

The surroundings of Tukums

The surroundings of Tukums

Landscape with trees

Landscape with trees

Gray day

Artist Marta Skulme in the workshop

Artist Marta Skulme in the workshop

Seascape

Autumn landscape

Autumn landscape

Poppies

RUSSIAN BEAUTY. T.M. MATVEEV. RUSSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

RUSSIAN BEAUTY. T.M. MATVEEV. RUSSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The portrait Russian Beauty is attributed to Timofey Mikhailovich Matveev (1856–1897) and dated 1888, exemplifying the academic painting tradition of late 19th-century Russia. Trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, Matveev turned to the rare Russian genre of the female nude, elevating it from a classroom exercise to an independent artistic statement.The composition is restrained: the young woman is set against a dark neutral background, emphasizing the plasticity of her body and the psychological expressiveness of her gaze. Above her head, a subtle highlight suggests an allusion to the halo familiar in Russian iconography, transforming the figure into a hymn to feminine purity. At the same time, this effect may be interpreted as Matveev’s fascination with mythology and the European tradition of depicting Venus.The rarity of nude subjects in 19th-century Russian painting lends this work exceptional significance. The strict academic system and prevailing moral codes rarely permitted such images beyond the walls of the Academy. The present work, bearing Matveev’s signature and the date “T.M. Matveev 1888,” therefore constitutes a rare document of the period and a distinguished example of Russia’s academic school at the close of the century.Dimensions: 46.5 × 60 cmMedium: Oil on canvas laid on cardboardCondition: Good condition, with light surface patina and minimal signs of age.Provenance: Private collection

Farmstead

Costume sketches

Costume sketches

Abstract composition

Abstract composition

Seaside highway

Seaside highway

Sunny March

Laschwitz in Germany

Laschwitz in Germany

People in summer

People in summer

Sunset in Birztala

Sunset in Birztala

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