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Unknown artist of the first half of XIX century A Muzhik Botching the Bast Shoes, an Old Woman Spinning Thread Oil on canvas. 53 х 70,5 Inscription, top: Неукрашенъ. домъ богатствомъ икрасотою ноукрашенъ. Хозяйс тими трудами икресьянскою простотою. SLM Inv. КП-19030 Purchased in 1949 from A.V.Gordon, Moscow. The subject comes back to the lubok wood-engravings of the first half of the XVIII century "A Muzhik Botching the Bast Shoes» and «An Old Woman Spinning Thread».