Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Ivan Skoropadsky

Bohdan Khmelnytsky
and Ivan Skoropadsky
1834. Kyiv. Ukraine.
Canvas; oil paints; 205 х 144 cm.
Copy of a mural (1728) in one of the churches of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra based on the engraving by Willem Hondius (1651).
Bohdan Khmelnytsky (ca. 1595—1657) was a Hetman of Ukraine (1648—1657), leader of Ukrainian national liberation struggle (1648—1656), founder of the Cossack Hetmanate state. Ivan Skoropadsky (1646—1722) was a Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine (1708—1722). Inscription: “ІВАННЪ ГЄТМАНЪ КІЄВОПЄРСКІЯ СКОРОПАДСКІЙ. ЗИНОВІЙ КТИТОРЪ ЛАВРЫ: БОГДАНЪ ХМЄЛНИЦКІЙ ГЄТМАНЪ ВОИНСКЪ ЗАПОРОЖСКІХЪ И БЫВШІЙ КТИТОРҌ КІЄВОПЄЧЄРСКІ ЛАВРЫ”, “Iwan Skoropadzki Bohdan Chmielnicki”.