7215207 VERA CHEVTSOVA, 1869 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: 1869//Oil on canvas This is Repin\'s first portrait of his future wife, Vera Shevtsova, here aged fourteen. Expressive and lively, it reveals the freedom that will be that of the painter in the genre of portraiture. The quick stroke, the wide brushstrokes delimiting frank colors, the dynamic agreement between red and green, the blunt pose of the model make it a singular work in his early works. Vera marries Repine three years later. The couple had four children, before separating definitively in the late 1890s.); Photo by Sylvain Collet.