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Sadko

Oil on canvas · 323 × 230 cm

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Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

About the painting

Sadko, also known as Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom (Russian: Садко в Подводном царстве, romanized: Sadko v Podvodnom tsarstve), is an oil-on-canvas painting by Ilya Repin, made in 1876 during a visit to France. Based on a Russian epic poem, it depicts the merchant and musician Sadko who must choose one of the daughters of the Sea Tsar to marry.

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Tsesarevich Alexander Alexandrovich, the future Tsar Alexander III, bought the painting which is in the collection of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Image: Ilya Repin; Wikimedia Commons · public domain

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