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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wanderer, post: 3056478, member: 16309&quot;]Hi BTZ64,</p><p><br /></p><p>It is very unusual painting based on Russian folklore. It might be from Sadko bylina. The main character (Sadko) is an adventures merchant (in another version of bylina he was a poor musician first) from Novgorod. It might be him standing in a doorway with merchants&#039; ships in background. Other characters in painting are wealthy Novgorod merchants, jesters and blind musician. The person at the table must be a head of merchants gild rather than person of a noble blood. He has no royal regales on him or jewellery. The same applies to other party hosts - they are rich but not noble. </p><p><br /></p><p>This might be a scene when Sadko came to make a bet that he can buy all available merchandise in Novgorod in 2 days (or to catch a gold fish).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%BE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%BE" rel="nofollow">https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Садко</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Please send better images of the signature - preferably under different angles with flash and without. </p><p><br /></p><p>It would be easier than to tell if the painter is Russian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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