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Portrait of Likhonin
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: Karl Briullov
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A quiet, closely observed portrait by Karl Briullov, now offered as a hand-painted oil on canvas that keeps the original brushwork and depth of colour intact.
Description
Description
A single sitter holds the whole of the canvas: someone Karl Briullov judged worth close, unhurried attention, rendered with the kind of scrutiny usually reserved for people the painter knew well. The identity behind the name Likhonin has faded with time, but the concentration Briullov brought to the face and bearing has not, and it is that concentration which still draws the eye across nearly two centuries.
About Portrait of Likhonin
Briullov built his reputation on exactly this kind of encounter between painter and sitter, and the portrait shows the fluency he carried from his large history subjects into more intimate work. The head and shoulders emerge from a controlled ground of shadow, lit with the warm, slightly theatrical light typical of his portraiture, so that flesh, fabric, and background sit in careful balance rather than competing for notice. Brushwork tightens around the eyes and mouth, where character has to be established, and loosens elsewhere, a discipline that lets the picture breathe instead of overworking every inch of canvas.
Colour is kept within a narrow, confident range, built up in thin glazes over firmer underpainting, a method that gives the skin its warmth and the clothing its weight without resorting to strong contrast. This restraint places the portrait within the calmer, more observational side of Romanticism, where the drama lies in psychological presence rather than in gesture or incident. It belongs to the period of Briullov career when portrait commissions ran alongside his grander historical paintings, and it shows the same command of structure applied to a smaller, quieter subject.
The hand-painted reproduction
ByMuseum recreates this portrait as a hand-painted oil painting reproduction, worked in oil on artist-grade canvas by a trained painter rather than produced by mechanical means. The palette is matched passage by passage against the original, and the brushwork is rebuilt by hand, so the surface carries the same worked edges, layered colour, and quiet textural variation as an oil painting reproduction should, an oil on canvas reproduction with genuine depth rather than a flat facsimile. What arrives is a painted object with its own surface history, not a printed copy of one.
- Hand-painted in oil on canvas by a trained artist
- Available in multiple sizes to suit your wall
- Delivered gallery-ready for immediate display
- Includes a certificate of authenticity
- 90 day returns, full refund or free replacement, no restocking fee
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
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Real brushwork, layered oil paint, and durable pigments on museum-quality canvas.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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Unframed canvases are protected with a film, carefully rolled, and secured inside a rigid shipping tube.
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