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Portrait of an Armenian Churchman

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Basic information
ID
Ж-5954
Author
unknown
Name
Portrait of an Armenian Churchman
Date of creation
18th c.
Technique
oil painting
Material
canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
62 x 52.5
Additionally
Type
painting
Genre
portraiture
Provenance
Armenian Museum in Lviv Lviv Historical Museum
Information about author
Author
unknown
Artist's lifetime
1638–1709
Country
Holland
Biography
Мейндерт Гоббема – один із основних представників пейзажного живопису в Амстердамі другої половини XVII століття. У 1659-му році він познайомився з пейзажистом Якобом ван Руйсдаелем та розпочав у нього навчання, яке стало вирішальним у формуванні стилю митця. На початку кар’єри Гоббема наслідував манеру вчителя, однак згодом відійшов від похмурої атмосфери його робіт у бік яскравіших колірних рішень. Спеціалізацією художника стали лісові пейзажі, краєвиди з дорогами, ставками і водяними млинами.
Object description
Along with portraits of burghers and noblemen, images of clergymen took a significant place in Ukrainian painting. They were painted according to the canonical scheme in the clothes of churchmen of a certain rank. Images of prominent church figures, namely metropolitans, archbishops, and representatives of the clerical elite were introduced into the portrait gallery. The works were often painted in restrained colors, without excessive decorativeness, giving them special expressiveness and attention to the faces and characters depicted. The portrait of an Armenian clergyman is painted in contrasting colors, with dominating black, rich red, and white ones. The artist accurately showed the individual features of the person portrayed, in particular a plump dark-skinned face framed by thick black hair, a large nose, big eyes, and wide black eyebrows. The image is painted in a planar manner and in detail, which was typical of a painting style of provincial artists.

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