Portrait of a Russian man, circle of Valentin Serov

Valentin Serow, a portrait of a Russian man, circa 1900Oil on canvas. Portrait of a middle-aged man with dark hair and beard. A shirt with a short white collar visible under his dark blue smock. Monogram "B.C." on the lower left. In a distinctively stepped giltwood frame from the period of the painting. Dimensions 45.5 x 38 cm, framed 63 x 55 cm.Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (1865 - 1911), active in St. Petersburg and Moscow, was a Russian painter, graphic designer, and portrait painter. He is considered to be a representative of the Russian Art Nouveau.Condition: II