About the Artist
Vasily Perov
Born: Tobolsk, 2 January 1834
Died: Kuz’minki (now part of Moscow), 10 June 1882
Nationality: Russian
Collection
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Documentation
Samuel Cross notes that Russian authorities considered Perov’s Easter Procession threatening:
“Even before a study-detail to Paris in 1863, he had painted several canvases showing his gift for satire, particularly the celebrated Village Easter Procession, of which the reproduction was forbidden by the imperial authorities till 1905.”
Samuel H. Cross, “Nineteenth Century Russian Painting,” American Slavic and East European Review, vol. 4, no. 3-4 (December 1945): 42.
Similar Subjects by Other Artists
Gustave Brion, Peasants Decorating a Wayside Shrine, 1864. Watercolor (The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore)
Images
This modern day icon procession shows the correct way of carrying icons - rightside up with a clean, white cloth.