books0977:Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Anna Ge, born Zabela (1858). Nikolaï Ge (Russi
books0977: Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Anna Ge, born Zabela (1858). Nikolaï Ge (Russian, 1831-1894). Oil on paper mounted on canvas, The Museum of Russian Art. This is an early work by Ge who studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under the historical painter Pyotr Basin until 1857. He graduated from the academy in 1857 with a gold medal. According to Ge himself, during that period he was strongly influenced by Karl Briullov. -- source link