Drawings and watercolours

The origins of the graphic collection of the Russian Museum date back to the time of its opening, 7(19) March 1898. On this day sketches, drawings and watercolors by K.Brullov, F. Bruni, A. Egorov, K. Beggrov and other masters of the first half of the nineteenth century were exhibited in two halls of the Mikhailovsky Palace.

Works from the collection «Drawings and watercolours»

Peasants at Dinner

Peasants at Dinner

Ivan ErmenevMid-1760s
Self-Portrait (In the Cabinet of Engravings of the Hermitage).

Self-Portrait (In the Cabinet of Engravings of the Hermitage).

Gavriil SkorodumovCirca 1790
Gatchina. View of the Gatchina Palace from Long Island

Gatchina. View of the Gatchina Palace from Long Island

Silvestr Shchedrin1798
Artist’s Model Against Red Drapery

Artist’s Model Against Red Drapery

Orest Kiprensky1802
The Flight into Egypt

The Flight into Egypt

Alexei Egorov1820s
Portrait of Sofia Kramskaya

Portrait of Sofia Kramskaya

Ivan Kramskoi1879
Pines

Pines

Ivan Shishkin1880s
Sorcery

Sorcery

Konstantin Somov1898-1902
Two Wenches

Two Wenches

Philipp Malyavin1910s
Portrait of Princess Olga Orlova

Portrait of Princess Olga Orlova

Valentin Serov1911
Portrait of a Girl

Portrait of a Girl

Boris Grigoriev1917From the Raseya cycle
Landscape. Canal

Landscape. Canal

Alexander Arefiev1955
At the Window

At the Window

Georgy Vereisky1928
Young Merchant’s Wife in a Checked Headscarf

Young Merchant’s Wife in a Checked Headscarf

Boris Kustodiev1919
Red Bridge

Red Bridge

Nikolai Lapshin1940
Portrait of Anna Akhmatova

Portrait of Anna Akhmatova

Nikolai Tyrsa1928
Pub

Pub

Pavel Filonov1924