Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A village square for Tchaikovsky's opera "Oprichnik" (The Guardsman)

M. A. Schiskov
1831-1897

A village square for Tchaikovsky's opera "Oprichnik" (The Guardsman)

1874
8 5/8 x 15 inches (220 x 380 mm)
Pen and dark brown ink over graphite on light brown paper.
1982.75:613

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
"Oprichnik" was first performed in St. Petersburg in 1874. The design is marked with sightlines, which served as indications to the scene painter.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and ink at lower left; place name cut from upper left corner and pasted on verso.
Associated names
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Oprichnik.
Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, 1905-1969, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department