Trip to St. Petersburg

Malyavin, portrait of  Somov.

A couple of years ago when we were in the Russian Museum, St Petersburg,         I was able to take some pictures of this marvellous portrait of  Somov by Malyavin. These were the last pictures I took before two stern-looking ladies, museum attendants, asked if I had a permission to do so. Of course I did n´t. I had to show my passport and visa. Luckily I seemed to convince them that I was not a professional photographer and after an hour and a half they let us go. Later on I will show some other pictures that I took earlier that day.