The Moscow Yard - Vasily Polenov

The Moscow Yard - Vasily PolenovThis fine art print presents The Moscow Yard by Vasily Polenov, painted in 1878 one of the most beloved works of Russian landscape painting. Polenov's sunlit courtyard scene, with its golden summer light and the cupola of the Spas na Peskakh church rising in the background, has become an iconic image of old Moscow and a treasure of Russian art. Available from Damascene Gallery.

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