As in one picture about a little boy fit the cruelty and injustice of the world: “Savoyard” Perov

At the first glance at this picture, the most tender and sentimental feelings will surely arise. Especially this extinct and it’s too grown-up view of the boys… so I want to feel sorry for the little hero, be sure to help him and protect him from life’s misfortunes. Vasily Perov managed to create a compassionate plot of the picture that he wrote during his Paris trip.

Vasily Perov is the illegitimate son of the Tobolsk Prosecutor, a representative of the ancient Baltic noble family of Baron G. K. von Kridener (Krydener). Continue reading →