Vasily Vereshchagin1842–1904Мавзолей Тадж-Махал в Агре. Из серии этюдов из путешествия в Индию (1874-1876)
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Tretyakov Gallery
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- 5894
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- Tretyakov Gallery: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
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Meanwhile, in the life of Vasily Vereshchagin
The whole life1871–1874
Turkestan Series in Munich
In Munich he executed the vast Turkestan series (Let Them Enter, They Entered, Surrounded, They Pursue, Attacked by Surprise, and others), which met with colossal success in Europe and Russia.
1873
Solo Exhibition at the Crystal Palace
He mounted a solo exhibition of his Turkestan works at the Crystal Palace in London.
spring 1874
St. Petersburg Exhibition and Accusations of Anti-Patriotism
An exhibition was held in St. Petersburg, after which Vereshchagin was accused of anti-patriotism and sympathy for the enemy; Emperor Alexander II "expressed his displeasure very sharply."
1874
Destruction of Three Paintings
He demonstratively destroyed three of his paintings — Forgotten, Surrounded — Pursued, and They Entered — upon learning that Alexander II had called them "a disgrace to the Russian army": he cut the canvases from their frames and burned them.
1874
Refusal of the Title of Professor
The Imperial Academy of Arts conferred on Vereshchagin the title of professor, which the artist declined.
1877
Departure for the Russo-Turkish War
On learning of the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War, he immediately set off for the active army, leaving his studio in Paris; he was attached to the adjutants of the commander-in-chief of the Danube Army with the right to move freely among the troops.
