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- 68
- Added
- May 18, 2025
Prayer
Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57 × 77 cm
- Year
- 2025
Downward-gazing bearded head wrapped in a crown of thorns, a red garment glimpsed at the shoulder against a pale gray ground.
- Style
- Expressionism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Religion · Portrait
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- Shipping
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EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
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About this work
A bearded man's face is seen in three-quarter view, head inclined downward and eyes nearly closed in an attitude of quiet withdrawal. A woven crown of thorns encircles his temples, and a swathe of red drapery shows over one shoulder against an otherwise pale, indistinct backdrop.
Brushwork is loose and heavily loaded, ridges of ochre and cream built up over darker underpainting, while the grey background is scrubbed thin and atmospheric. The limited, muted palette and soft, even lighting concentrate attention on the bowed face, lending the image a hushed, meditative stillness.
