Cossack feast

Taras Shevchenko. Cossack feast. 1838, 25 December. [St. Petersburg].
Paper, pencil. 23,3 × 34 cm
Taras Shevchenko National Museum, № g-902.

On the back – sketch "Horse".

Right at the bottom author's date and signature in pencil: 1838 // декабря 25. // Шевченко.

As sketch pencil drawing first mentioned along with the picture "Death of Bogdan Khmelnitsky" in 1865 with the name «Cossack feast» («Gody kozacki») [«Wiersze oratorium» Bohdana Zaleskiego. – Paris, 1865. – S. 226].

Since 1940 mentions with the names: "Cossack Wedding" [Image of the T.H. Shevchenko / Literary newspaper. – 1940. – 28 January], "Scene of Cossack life" [Republican Shevchenko Jubilee Exhibition in Kiev: Product-guide. – K., 1941. – S. 24. – № 118], "Bogdan Khmelnitsky in the Potocki's camp" [History of Ukrainian art: in 6 volumes. – K., 1967. – T. 4, bk. 1. – S. 181].

Storage areas: property of K.Swidzinski; from 1855 – Bohdan Zaleski; from 1886 – his son Dennis Zaleski; since 1930 – a Ossolinski's collection (Lviv); since 1939 – Lviv branch of Academic library of UkrSSR; from 1940 – Central Museum of T.H. Shevchenko (Kyiv); from 1948 – State Museum of T.H. Shevchenko (Kyiv).

Exhibitions:

1939. Kyiv. Shevchenko Jubilee Exhibition [Republican Shevchenko Jubilee Exhibition in Kiev: Product-guide. – S. 24. – № 118];

1964. Kyiv – Moscow. Shevchenko Jubilee Exhibition [Jubilee art exhibition on the 150-year anniversary of the birth of T.H. Shevchenko: Product. – Kiev, 1964. – P. 6];

1984. Kyiv. Shevchenko-artist. 170-th birthday [Shevchenko-artist: Exhibition Catalogue. – K., 1986. – S. 8].

I.M. Verykivska

After publication: Taras Shevchenko Complete Works in 10 volumes. – K.: ed. of Acad. Sci. of UkrSSR, 1961, t. 7, bk. 1, № 15 (image); T.H. Shevchenko Complete Works in 12 volumes. – K.: Naukova Dumka, 2003, v. 7, p. 368 (notes).