The Apotheosis of War, Vassili Verechtchaguine

The Apotheosis of War

Апофеоз войны (museum title)

Vassili Verechtchaguine (Russian) (1842-1904)

Movement: Realism
Date: 1871
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 127 × 197 cm
Collection: Tretyakov Gallery, Russia
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons, public domain

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War Death Skull Bone Crow Bird Desert Sand Dead tree City Sky Heat Silence Sadness Massacre Landscape Orientalism Ocher Blue Oil on canvas 19th century Horizontal Animal Tree Plant Turkestan Asie

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