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English: Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky, by Vasily Perov.
Artist
Title Russian: «Портрет Ф. М. Достоевского»
Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky
Date 1872
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 99 cm (39 in). Width: 80.5 cm (31.7 in).
room 17
Source/Photographer Google Art Project: Home - pic Maximum resolution.
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