welovepaintings: Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich (1848 — 1926)Flying Carpet, 1880Oil on canvas165x297 cmArt Museum of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia ___ In 1880, the rich industrialist Savva Mamontov commissioned Viktor Vasnetsov to illustrate a folk talk about Ivan and the Firebird. The painting represents Ivan returning home after capturing the Firebird, which he keeps in a cage. Ivan is riding the flying carpet in the early morning mist. This work was Vasnetsov’s first attempt at illustrating Russian folk tales and inaugurated a famous series of paintings on the themes drawn from Russian folklore.

welovepaintings:

Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich (1848 — 1926)
Flying Carpet, 1880
Oil on canvas
165x297 cm
Art Museum of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

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In 1880, the rich industrialist Savva Mamontov commissioned Viktor Vasnetsov to illustrate a folk talk about Ivan and the Firebird. The painting represents Ivan returning home after capturing the Firebird, which he keeps in a cage. Ivan is riding the flying carpet in the early morning mist. This work was Vasnetsov’s first attempt at illustrating Russian folk tales and inaugurated a famous series of paintings on the themes drawn from Russian folklore.