Ivan Andreevich Krylov - the great fabulist,which is always relevant. There are new sayings, buzzwords, quotes. They will stay a little on hearing and disappear, and the crow with cheese, especially after it became plasticine, is always with us.
Many Russian artists captured him on theircanvases. The portrait of Krylov, Ivan Andreevich, the work of Karl Bryullov, as well as the great fabulist (1769-1844), is known to almost every inhabitant of our country.
Loved by all
Fabulist, poet, playwright and publicist liveda long, calm and full life, as evidenced by more than one portrait of Krylov. He was cared for and taken care of by the royal family. According to some reports, in 1841, Nicholas I agreed to the transformation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, provided that Krylov would be the first academician. And the empress, concerned about the fabulist's illness, wanted to personally look after him. He retired with a pension of 6 thousand rubles, and his total income was 11,700 rubles. banknotes per year.
First portraits
Actually, any portrait of Krylov, and they are prettymany, both famous and little-known authors, and even amateurs, preserved for posterity the face of a man who is intelligent, thinking, but undisturbed and not anxious, dignified and calm.
Volkov Roman Maksimovich, representativeacademicism, painted a portrait of Krylov in 1812 (oil on canvas, size - 685 x 700 cm, stored in the Tretyakov Gallery). A full 40-year-old man, leaning on books with a pen in his hand, with a smooth face without famous sideburns, is very easily recognizable.
The famous Orest Kiprensky also painted a fabulist. There is a portrait of Krylov by this artist, dated 1816, and a pencil drawing entitled "Krylov and the Unknown."
Not very well known to the general public portraitists
Eggink artist Ivan Egorovich, prettypopular at that time, in 1834 also painted a portrait of Krylov. This work is well known, as it is published on a par with the famous portraits of Karl Bryullov, who captured the academician in 1839 and the year of his death in 1844.
Portraitist I.E.Eggink for this work, which has long adorned the Academy's conference room, was awarded the title of academician. The portrait is really very good: it depicts a Russian gentleman in the best sense of the word, living in wealth, loving wealth, which makes it possible to do what he likes. Looking at the face of a worthy person recognizable at first sight, you understand that he knew the value of his talent and his own conformity to the place occupied in society. Well-groomed face, framed by the famous sideburns, silk clothing, a book with a gold trim and a sheet in his left hand with a fable "Cornflower", which Krylov wrote in gratitude to the empress. I.E. Eggink emphasized in his work and perpetuated the sympathy that exists between the great Russian fabulist and the house of the Romanovs.
In addition to the listed rather well-known works of PA Venison 1824 and N. Legasheva 1840.
National treasure
However, the most famous portrait of Ivan Krylovcreated the great Karl Bryullov, who at the time of his writing was already the most venerable and omnipotent painter of Russia, the most fashionable and in demand. The famous fabulist on the canvas of 1839 does not look as well-groomed as in the portrait of Eggink. It can be said that fatigue is felt in the face of this person, and the clothes look more sloppy, and the hand is not so glossy. Obviously, the great Bryullov did not sin against the truth: Krylov was an excellent slut and glutton, and did not constrain himself with anything. And on the canvas is visible and a huge belly, and crumpled sleeves. But this is the most remarkable portrait of the great fabulist, especially good eyes that look directly into the soul of the viewer. So know him millions. This canvas with a size of 415 x 500 cm belongs to the public domain and is stored in the Tretyakov Gallery.
