Mikhail Nesterov. Rus in the 15th Century (The Patrol)

Mikhail Nesterov painted "Rus in the 15th Century (The Patrol)" in Moscow in 1922. Its title turns to Old Rus, and the theme of Holy Rus is the central one in the work of the artist, the author of a cycle on St Sergius of Radonezh and of the painting "Holy Rus".

Mikhail Nesterov (1862–1942) was an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. After the revolution religious subjects became impossible for him, and in the 1920s he painted mainly portraits; he returned to Moscow in 1920.

Paintings by Nesterov are part of the fine art collection of the Museum of Moscow. Oil on canvas.