Victim of fanaticism

Victim of fanaticism

1899 - Painting - 2.24m x 1.8m

"Victim of bigotry" is among the most famous paintings by the Ukrainian artist Nikolay Pimonenko, painted in 1899.In the picture Pimonenko depicts the plot he read in the newspaper: the Jewish community lynched a girl who converted to Christianity. A cross appears on her neck. The girl's father and mother are on the right – the mother cries and the father raises his right hand, which symbolizes that he gives up his daughter.

The painting is stored in the Kharkiv Art Museum.

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