Friday, May 21, 2010

Crimean Khans in art


I learned about these beautiful portraits of the Crimean Khans from a Crimean Tatar list-serv I subscribe to.  The artist, Yuri Nikitin, has painted the Crimean Khans to a great degree of historical accuracy on stretched leather.

1 comment:

Maggie Madagame said...

The very long fingers in the portrait are almost as forlorn looking as the eyes. They have a look of resignation to them. Love the owl on top, maybe a symbol?