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Christ in The Wilderness - Ivan Kramskoy (1872) (upload.wikimedia.org)

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Portrait of Kramskoi by Ilya Repin

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[–] dasenboy@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Amazing realism... I wonder if these paintings were made before the invention of photography.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

👉 1872

therefore, no.

I had to get out, walk to a library and check the books in the photography section to respond to your question. If only information was more easily accessible to anybody anywhere …