Hand. Sketch

Taras Shevchenko. Hand. Sketches. [1837. St. Petersburg].
Bristol paper, pencil. 21,4 × 18,7 cm.
Taras Shevchenko National Museum, № g-823.

On the back – "Portrait of an unknown".

Is dated 1837 according to the author dated portrait.

First commented and reproduced with a faulty "Sketch for a portrait E.P. Grebinka" [T. Shevchenko Complete Works: in 10 vols. – K., 1961. – T. 7, bk. 2. – S. 21. – № 235].

Storage areas: no later than 1911 purchased by E.E. Reitern; since 1918 – the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg); from 1929 – Taras Shevchenko Institute; from 1932 – Gallery of pictures by T.H. Shevchenko (Kharkiv); from 1940 – Central Museum of T.H. Shevchenko (Kyiv); from 1948 – State Museum of T.H. Shevchenko (Kyiv).

I.M. Verykivska

After publication: Taras Shevchenko Complete Works in 10 volumes. – K.: ed. of Acad. Sci. of UkrSSR, 1961, t. 7, bk. 2, № 235 (image); T.H. Shevchenko Complete Works in 12 volumes. – K.: Naukova Dumka, 2003, v. 7, p. 422 (notes).