Two Russian Officers

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Two Russian Officers

Japan (Nagasaki school)LinkedCulture matchlcp-9cfc54f21d2c

Date
19th century
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
122264

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Though neighbors, Japan and Russia established official relations only in the 1850s, not long after the American navy compelled Japan to end its long-standing isolationist policies and commence trade with the West. The anonymous painter of this work portrays two Russian soldiers, both in three-quarter view but facing different directions, in order to provide optimal views of the figures’ varied military attire. Asia

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Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation

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