'After Taking The Veil', 1898, (1965). Creator: Mikhail Nesterov.

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'After Taking The Veil', 1898, (1965). Novice nuns carrying candles through a Russian village. Painting, also known as 'The Taking of the Veil', in the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. From "Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]

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