Acrobats (Festival in a Paris Suburb) 1877

By Victor Vasnetsov while he was working in Paris with Repin. It was at this time that Savva Mamontov invited the two artists to go back to Moscow with him and work and live at the Abramtsevo settlement. I suspect Mamontov had an idea developing in his mind at that time.

I have always admired this painting and I suspect that Savva Mamontov saw great potential for what he developed when they got settled back in Moscow.

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