The sculptural portrait of the first quarter of the XIX century is characterized by the search for an exalted ideal, by an interest in an outstanding personality that gives mind and thought to its service to Russia. It was this kind of MN Muraviev – a prominent statesman and writer. In his portrait, an unusual combination of ancient herms and modern uniforms with orders reminiscent of the merits before the community.
The sculptor did a portrait not from nature, but from a pictorial image. Keeping the foundations of the classic portrait, he managed to achieve not only similarities, but also life’s credibility and reliability. Mikhail Nikitich Muraviev is a statesman, a friend of the Minister of Education and a trustee of the Moscow University. Publisher of the Moscow Scientists’ Bulletin. The writer, the father of the Decembrist NM Muravyov.
Buste de M. N. Muravyov – V. I. Demut-Malinovsky 
Russian Schevola by V. I. Demut-Malinovsky 
Busto M. N. Muravyev – V. I. Demut-Malinovsky 
Stsevola russe – V. I. Demut-Malinovsky 
Bust of A. A. Bezborodko by Fedot Shubin 
Bust A. F. Labzina by Ivan Prokofiev 
Portrait of Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov 
Portrait of Wilhelm Orensky by Adrian Kay