This painting was exhibit at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the painting was purchase in a NY Art gallery in the late 80s by my grandfather, this paintings was one of Nikolay Nasedkin early works. The painting is stunning in person the details are amazing heavy and thick oil paint. About the Artist Born in 1954, Russia. He graduated from Fedoskino School of miniature painting in 1974. Since 1986 he is a member of Union of Artists, Russia. In 2002 he awarded the Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1982 he took part in major exhibitions in Russia and abroad. His works are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, the State Russian Museum Saint Petersburg, the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. Pushkin, Moscow, and in private collections in Russia, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, USA, France and Switzerland.