The most famous paintings in the Tretyakov Gallery
The top 3 according to 26 votes from people: Portrait of an Unknown Woman — Ivan Kramskoi · The Trinity — Andrei Rublev · Morning in a Pine Forest — Shishkin and Savitsky. (Updated Jan 30, 2025.)
The Tretyakov's great masterpieces recommended by guidebooks and museum guides, from Rublev's Trinity to Vrubel's Demon.
Automatically translated (original in Русский). See the original
Top 19
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman — Ivan Kramskoi
1883. A mysterious lady in a carriage.
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The Trinity — Andrei Rublev
c. 1411 or 1425-1427. The most famous Russian icon.
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Morning in a Pine Forest — Shishkin and Savitsky
1889. The bears in the forest everyone knows from a sweet wrapper.
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Girl with Peaches — Valentin Serov
1887. A portrait of twelve-year-old Vera Mamontova.
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The Rooks Have Come Back — Alexei Savrasov
1871. Early spring and the birth of Russian landscape painting.
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The Morning of the Streltsy Execution — Vasily Surikov
1881. Peter the Great and the execution of the Streltsy on Red Square.
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Portrait of Alexander Pushkin — Orest Kiprensky
1827. The best-known portrait of the poet made in his lifetime.
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8
Our Lady of Vladimir
12th century. A Byzantine icon, one of Russia's holiest images.
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The Appearance of Christ Before the People — Alexander Ivanov
1837-1857. Twenty years of work on a single canvas.
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Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan — Ilya Repin
1885. A father who has just mortally wounded his son.
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Boyarynya Morozova — Vasily Surikov
1884-1887. An Old Believer is taken into exile.
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The Swan Princess — Mikhail Vrubel
1900. The heroine of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera.
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Alyonushka — Viktor Vasnetsov
1881. A sad girl by a pond.
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They Did Not Expect Him — Ilya Repin
1884-1888. An exile unexpectedly returns home.
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An Aristocrat's Breakfast — Pavel Fedotov
1849-1850. An impoverished dandy hides his meagre breakfast.
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Bogatyrs — Viktor Vasnetsov
1881-1898. Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya and Alyosha on guard.
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The Apotheosis of War — Vasily Vereshchagin
1871. A pyramid of skulls in the desert.
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The Demon Seated — Mikhail Vrubel
1890. The start of his Demon series.
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The Horsewoman — Karl Bryullov
1832. A grand portrait on a prancing horse.
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