 :*"Influenced by Realism and Impressionist style, Maliavine executed this portrait with apparent confidence and quickness. The composition is simple and stripped of decorative arrangements, being focused in the physiognomy of the model, positioned with evident comfort and naturalness. 
<dl><dd><ul><li>According to V. A. Lenyaishin, director of the Russian Museum of Leningrad, the painting is very representative of the typical portrait production of Maliavine in his artistic maturity."</li>
<li>According to the catalogue, the painting was donated to the museum by an anonymous collector of Rio de Janeiro in 1972. It is listed under the inventory number 1.974 P and dated of 1926.</li></ul></dd></dl>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Filipp_Malyavin" class="extiw" title="w:en:Filipp Malyavin"><span title="Russian painter (1869-1940)">Filipp Malyavin</span></a>
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1926<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1926-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
Scanned from MNBA Safra catalogue.