ASKNAZY Isaac L.

(1856 - 1902), historical painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, for the painting "Abraham expels Hagar from himself" and "Prostitute before Christ" was awarded gold medals. While living in Vienna, began, under the leadership of Makart picture "The executioner with a truncated head of John the Baptist", unfinished them in Rome. In Brody did sketches of Jewish types. Other works of A.: "Moses in the wilderness" (in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow), "Dice", "tidings", "The attack on Saturday," "groom-Talmud, Rabbi of the subject in the presence of the parents of his bride," " Parents of Moses "," Morning Visit ".