The landscape of Alexander Andreevich Ivanov was created in the mid-1840s. The painting depicts a chain of young olive trees growing on a low hill. The branches and green foliage of young trees are clearly visible against the sky, illuminated by the rising dawn. Behind the olives, a wide plain looks out, and even further, […]
In the painting by Alexander Ivanov “Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of the Butler and Baker, imprisoned with him in the dungeon”, the theme of a person’s collision with Destiny is embodied. The plot of the work is taken from the Bible (Genesis). Joseph the Beautiful, sold by his brothers into slavery, ended up in an […]