Russian Man--St. Petersburg
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum acquisition
Accession Number
1985.66.165,697
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Russian Man—St. Petersburg** *ca. 1893, painting by Antonion Zenoindler (1813–1899)* Discover the enigmatic gaze of *Russian Man—St.*, a compelling late-19th-century portrait painted around 1893 by Antonioneno Shindler. Born Bulgaria in 1813 Shindler spent his later years in Washington, DC, where he died in 1899, bridging Eastern European roots with American cultural institutions. This oil painting captures a male figure, evoking the vibrant street life or dignified persona of imperial St. Petersburg during Tsar Alexander III's reign—a city synonymous with grandeur, reform, and cosmopol...