painting of beards

[E. Boyle]

I'm not sure about the painting, but Ivan the Terrible's beard features
prominently in Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible."

Cheers,
Eloise

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Eloise M. Boyle
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Washington
Box 353580
Seattle, WA  98195
(206) 543-7580

e-mail: emboyle at u.washington.edu

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Russell Valentino wrote:

> Dear Seelangers,
>
> A student of mine is researching beards in Russian cultural history. He's
> found sources on Orthodoxy, Peter the Great's tax, Lomonosov's hymn. I'd
> like to give him some visual material to work with. I recall at least one
> painting in which beards figure prominently (something about the old beards
> and the new...) but haven't been able to locate it. Does this ring a bell
> to anyone?
>
> Russell Valentino
>
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