I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd stay away."
- Hughes Mearns
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Baltics trip
Day 12 - 27th May - Kadrioru (Kadriorg) Art Museum, Tallinn; Estonia (Part 2)
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Lot with Daughters. Wolfgang Krodel
The Martyrdom of St Stephen. Early 17th c.
Vase, 19th c.
Finding of Achilleus (Achilles) on the Island of Skyros, 2nd half of 17th c.
Karl Timoleon von Neff. Estonian Girl Feeding Chickens.
You'll notice the Russian - there're a lot of ethnic Russians in Estonia.
Johann Koler. Sunrise.
It looks like a bomb exploded.
Some cabinet of wonders
Johann Koler. Empress Maria Fyodorovna.
Portrait of a Lady, late 18th c.
She looks like a hobbit.
Scenes from the War against Napoleon in 1812
I forgot why I took this, but you can read about Aleksey Bogolyubov and Romantic landscape painting.
Aleksey Bogolyubov. Port of Tallinn. 1853
Ivan Kramskoy. Old Man With a Crutch. 1872.
Aleksander Rizzoni.
Mikhail Clodt. Ploughmen in the Ukraine.
Rufim Sudkovsky. Odessa pier. 1885.
Yermilov. Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna. 1846
Double door. I don't see the point, given how close they are to teach other.
Palace rear
It was like a mini-Schönbrunn