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Painter Oskar Shmerling. Photo by K. Zanis.

Portrait of Painter Shmerling standing in uniform and holding a cigarette, photographed by Konstantine Zanisi.

Portrait of Painter Oskar Shmerling. Photograph by Konstantine Zanisi.

This portrait depicts Painter Oskar Shmerling, photographed by Konstantine Zanisi. The subject is shown standing in a formal pose wearing a uniform and holding a cigarette, reflecting the studio portrait conventions of the late nineteenth century.

The photograph is associated with the photographic circles of Tiflis in the 1890s, when photographers such as Zanisi and members of the Tiflis Society of Amateur Photographers were actively documenting notable figures and participants in the city’s cultural and professional life.

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Date
1897
Photographer
Constantin Zanis
Source
Georgian Museum of Photography
Attribution
The Tiflis Society of Amateur Photographers
Rights
Public domain - Free to use
Constantin ZanisTbilisiIntellectual, Cultural & Scientific FiguresPortraits (Everyday & Anonymus)