The Vision to the Youth Bartholomew
Mikhail Nesterov · 1889
Why it's great
A young boy named Bartholomew kneels, as a monk in black appears in the meadow, in a calm, golden evening. Nesterov painted the vision of the future St. Sergius of Radonezh. The landscape is shimmering. It's a quiet and holy picture.
Where to see it
📍 State Tretyakov GalleryMoscow, Russia
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Mikhail Nesterov was born in Ufa, Russia, and became a leading painter of religious and spiritual scenes. He painted frescoes in churches and created poetic pictures of saints in Russian landscapes. He lived through the Russian Revolution and continued painting in Moscow. He died there in 1942.
