BRONNIKOFF, FJODOR ANDREJEWITSCH1827 Sadrinsk - 1902 Rom


Title: Street Scene in Rome - Monk Talks to a Beggar Woman.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Mounting: Mounted on paperboard.
Measurement: 46.5 x 37.5cm.
Frame: Framed.
On the verso:
Old auction labels from the early 20th century with exact description and title.

Provenance:
Private ownership, Germany.

This finely painted scene shows two characters typical of Bronnikoff's genre painting. They are transported to a street scene in Rome, where Bronnikoff had been based since 1865. The works 'The Wandering Musicians' and 'The Old Man and the Poor Man' by Bronnikov hang in the Tretyakov Gallery, while the sketch 'The Expelled Man on his Friend's Grave' is owned by the Schadrinski Palace. The type of grey-haired monk found there could also have been used in the work offered here.

We are grateful to Olga Sugrobova-Roth, Düsseldorf, for her kind support in cataloguing the present painting.