Picture:Dervish, Vereshchagin V., a copy of

... His robe is torn and he's skinny.,
And he has no stake or yard.,
Though his head turned gray —
I have acquired neither gold nor silver...

( D. Outlaw, "a Wandering dervish")

A copy of the painting "dervish" by the great Russian artist V. V. Vereshchagin is made in pastel on gouache sketch on French hand-cast paper with a density of 330 g / m2.
The painting is included in the famous "Turkestan series", written by him in 1871 -1873 in Munich under the impression of his stay in Central Asia in 1867-1868 and 1869 -1870.
"Turkestan series" is partly devoted to the military events of the period of accession of Central Asian khanates to Russia, partly to the Central Asian life, traditions and culture of the local population. Both subjects and painting techniques were new and unusual for their time and at first caused ambiguous assessment of contemporaries. But over time, the prevailing view Kramskoy that she-a brilliant success of the new Russian school and its unconditional achievement.
The painting depicts a dervish - Kalandar. The term "dervish" meant - " poor, poor".
In mystical poetry until XIV century. ( Ansari, Sanai, Attar) "Kalandar" meant a wandering mystic, passionately in love with God. He purified the flesh and heart in order to merge spiritually with God and to comprehend the truth for the further life in God.