Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Art Shorts #406: A brief discussion of two works by the Russian artist Nikolay Ge (1831-1894). The Portrait of Leo Tolstoy was painted in 1882 and his self portrait in 1892.

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