Who made “Alexander the Great demonstrates trust in his physician Philip”?

“Alexander the Great demonstrates trust in his physician Philip” was made by Taras Shevchenko in 1836. Where to see it: National Museum Тaras Shevchenko.

Academic Art · Drawing

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Academic Art: smooth, glossy surfaces and idealised figures, usually from myth, the Bible or history; Realism shows ordinary people and Impressionism visible, broken strokes.

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist and ethnographer. His literary heritage, in particular the poetry collection Kobzar, is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and to some degree also of the modern Ukrainian language. Wikipedia

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“At apiary”, 1843
“Self-portrait of Shevchenko (winter 1840/1841)”, 1841
“Death of Lucretia”, 1835
“Self-Portrait”, 1861
“Mother's Head”, 1838
“Self-portrait as a soldier”, 1847
“Kateryna”, 1842
“Corner of Smolensk cemetery in St. Petersburg”, 1838