deValcourt Wrote:And yes Marc, more proof of what the KGB generals wore for portraits.:D
Even though I fully agree on the red piping, I can't help but remember what someone said about using portraits as reference....
Lapa Wrote:And one more element of proof toward the use of red piping for KGB generals :D
Marc
Lapa Wrote:I, for one, would not take a painting as the basis for determination of whether something was worn in a prescribed way or not, or was even worn at all. It is well known (and documented) that artists often took "artistic freedom", even in such highly regulated environments as the former USSR.
Marc
:laff Sorry, just kidding around.
deValcourt Wrote:And Drozdov doesn't look at all like I pictured him. Then again, he looks like if he were not smiling, people might just confess anything to get him to look away.:)
He reminds me of the swedish comedian/radio-talker Gert Fylking.
