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Vasily Surikov : Taking a Snow Town wikidata:Q4110459 reasonator:Q4110459
Artist
Vasily Surikov (1848–1916) wikidata:Q110228 q:ky:Кыргыз макал-лакаптар
Vasily Surikov
Alternative names
Russian: Василий Иванович Суриков
Description Russian painter
Date of birth/death 12 January 1848 (in Julian calendar ) / 24 January 1848 Edit this at Wikidata 6 March 1916 (in Julian calendar ) Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Krasnojarsk Moscow
Work location
Moscow Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q110228
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Title
Русский: Взятие снежного городка
English: Taking a Snow Town
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The painting portrays an amusing game typically played on the last day of Shrovetide. A small town would be built from snow and ice. One group would guard the town while the other attacked.
Date 1891
date QS:P571,+1891-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 1,560 mm (61.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; width: 2,820 mm (111 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+1560U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+2820U174789
institution QS:P195,Q211043
Accession number
Ж-4235 ( Russian Museum ) Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer Vasily Surikov
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