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| "Pearl Mosque at Delhi," by Russian artist Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin |
INDIA - A giant painting of New Delhi’s Moti masjid, the most accomplished work from Russian artist Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin’s famed Indian series, will be the highlight of a Sotheby’s auction here next month and is expected to fetch USD 5 million. The sale of important Russian art on November 1 will see the monumental work — measuring approximately 13 by 16 feet — on offer from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, along with seven works. Vereshchagin, considered one of the most famous of Russian painters, embarked on a two-year journey to India in 1874 with his wife. His Indian series features numerous depictions of architectural monuments, all of which he realistically captured with painstaking attention to detail. [
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