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Taras Shevchenko

30 works

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Colored illustration of a reclining man in a canopied bed as a bearded man reads a letter, with attendants and a statue in a

Alexander the Great demonstrates trust in his physician Philip

1830

Pencil sketch of a Cossack feast in an interior, men in costume gathered around a table with raised drinking glasses.

Ukrainian: Козацький бенкет (Шевченко) French: Fête cosaque

1830

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two nude male models, one standing with arms raised, one seated looking upward.

Ukrainian: Натурщики (Шевченко)

1830

Pen and ink drawing of Death of Lucretia: a bearded man raises a dagger as a woman collapses among startled onlookers in a dr

Death of Lucretia

1830

Colored drawing of a Roman forum scene: a soldier raises a dagger over a fallen woman in white as a crowd reacts.

The Death of Virginia (Taras Shevchenko)

1830

Ink and wash drawing of Socrates raising his hand beside a cup in a stone prison cell, with mourning companions and guards.

The Death of Socrates

1830

Ink drawing of a fallen armored warrior cradled by mourners, with mounted soldiers, a white horse and a wooden palisade.

The Death of Oleg, Prince of the Drevlians

1830

Watercolor of a Romani fortune teller reading the palm of a young woman by a gate, with a child and dog nearby under a tree.

The Gypsy Fortune Teller

1841