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- Jul 21, 2021
His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia on the Holy Land in Jerusalem
Bratanyuk Vasily- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 44 × 55 cm
- Year
- 2021
A patriarch in white headdress and black robes walks with two clergymen past greenery near water in Jerusalem.
- Style
- Impressionism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Religion · Figurative · Men · Portrait
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About this work
A patriarch wearing a white klobuk marked with a small icon and long black vestments walks at the center of the group, flanked by a bearded clergyman in a dark robe with a pectoral cross and staff, and an attendant partly hidden behind him. Blurred green foliage, pale architecture and a stretch of water fill the background, suggesting an outdoor setting.
Dark greens, blacks and whites dominate the palette, with the patriarch's pale headdress and vestments providing the picture's brightest note against the shadowed figures around him. Paint is applied rapidly in loose, broken strokes, with faces and hands more resolved than the sketchy background. The quick, informal handling gives the scene a documentary, on-the-spot feeling despite its solemn subject.
