Video: "Cossacks" by Ilya Repin: why there is only one Cossack without a shirt in the picture
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Perhaps most have seen Repin's painting "The Cossacks" (also known as "The Cossacks Write a Letter to the Turkish Sultan") many times. But few people wondered why the person in the foreground is depicted without a shirt. In fact, the answer to this question lies in the picture itself.
The artist Ilya Repin is known for an amazingly thorough approach to the creation of his paintings - in its midday everything is calibrated to the smallest detail and every detail matters. He nurtured ideas for his future creations for a long time. So, on the painting "The Cossacks" Repin worked for 13 years. And the result is worth it! One could write a book about the history of the creation of this painting, but one could look at it for hours. But today we will focus on just one very interesting detail.
Looking at the picture, it is difficult not to notice a Cossack with a naked torso sitting to the left of the clerk. Why is he alone out of all the brethren depicted in the picture, not dressed? To answer the question correctly, it is enough to carefully consider the enlarged fragment of the picture.
Noticed a deck of cards? Therein lies the correct answer.
The man depicted naked is none other than the banker - the one who deals the cards. Therefore, the playing deck next to it is not drawn by chance. Such people during the times of the Zaporizhzhya Sich traditionally took off their outerwear so that there was no doubt about their honesty - after all, in this case there was no way to hide the card in the sleeve.
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