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It's on display in Helsinki at the moment. Highly recommend checking the exhibition out if you happen to be in town: https://ateneum.fi/en/exhibitions/repin/ ht
by olegp 5y ago
It's on display in Helsinki at the moment. Highly recommend checking the exhibition out if you happen to be in town: https://ateneum.fi/en/exhibitions/repin/ https://ateneum.fi/en/exhibitions/repin/
I personally liked the portrait of the last tsar the most: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolas_II_of_Russia_by_Iliya_Repin.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolas_II_of_Russia...
It got me thinking that things could have turned out very different for Russia had his personality been different.
- aasasd 5y agoThe portrait can conveniently serve as that of George V, if the uniform is replaced.
- 13of40 5y agoI would have said he looks like a sadder version of Christian IX: https://www.alamy.com/christian-ix-of-denmark-1818-1906-image360351492.html https://www.alamy.com/christian-ix-of-denmark-1818-1906-imag...
- aasasd 5y agoWell, cousins ‘Nicky and Georgie’ looked more than a wee bit similar: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f6/b1/0d/f6b10de7c150d733980a57c87b7c6da8--rei-george-king-george.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f6/b1/0d/f6b10de7c150d733980a57c87...