Portrait of the writer Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl by Vasily Perov

Portrait of the writer Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl by Vasily Perov

The portrait of Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl, the writer, ethnographer, author of the famous Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, created by him in the last year of his life, is also remarkable.

A dry old man sitting in a chair, his arms folded quietly, as if contemplating into the depths of his past years. In the guise of Dahl, images of the holy elders of Ancient Russia shine through: the art of the second half of the 19th century sought carriers of the ideals of spirituality and wisdom not so much among church ministers as intellectuals.

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