
Valentin Serov1865–1911Girl with peaches
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Moscovo, Rússia
O dono é conhecido. Se hoje está exposta, o museu não o diz, e adivinhar não é da nossa competência.
Rapariga com pêssegos (em russo: Девочка с персиками, Devochka s Persikami) é uma pintura a óleo sobre tela do artista russo Valentin Serov datada de 1887. A pintura retrata Vera Mamontova, de 12 anos de idade, filha de um empresário russo e patrono das artes, Savva Mamontov.
É considerado um dos melhores trabalhos de Serov e um dos seus mais famosos. O amigo e biógrafo de Serov, o historiador de arte russo Igor Grabar, elogia-o como "a obra-prima da pintura russa".> De acordo com o livro 1000 Drawings of Genius, apesar de o estilo da pintura (e do estilo inicial de Serov, em geral) "ter muito em comum com os impressionistas franceses, [Serov] só conheceu o seu trabalho depois de o ter pintado".
1878–1911 · Local de trabalho
Moscow
1885
Travel: Belgium
September 1886
Leaves the Academy and moves in with the Mamontovs
In September 1886 Serov finally decided to leave the Academy and took his papers; because of the question of military service he moved to Moscow to the Mamontovs. He later wrote that at the Academy he valued only Chistyakov’s opinion.
summer 1888
“The Girl Illuminated by the Sun” is bought by Tretyakov
In the summer of 1888 at Vladimir Derviz’s estate of Domotkanovo Serov painted “The Girl Illuminated by the Sun”, a portrait of his cousin Maria Simonovich; Pavel Tretyakov bought the painting for 300 roubles.
December 1888
The Moscow Society prize for “Girl with Peaches”
At the competition of the Moscow Society of Art Lovers “Girl with Peaches” (shown as “Portrait of V. M.”) won the only prize in the portrait category, 200 roubles. There “The Overgrown Pond”, shown as “Twilight”, lost out to Levitan’s landscapes but was bought by the Yakunchikovs.
29 January 1889
Marries Olga Trubnikova
On 29 January 1889 in the Semyonovsky Regiment cathedral in St. Petersburg Serov married Olga Trubnikova; he asked Sergei Mamontov to be best man and invited Repin to be a witness.