Shrove-tide Fete on Admiralty Square in St Petersburg

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Number:014092

Title:Shrove-tide Fete on Admiralty Square in St Petersburg

Artist: Makovsky, Konstantin Yegorovich (1839-1915)

Museum: State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Method: Oil on canvas

Created: 1869

School: Russia

Category: Genre

Trend in art: Russian Painting of 19th cen.

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