Angels and the muse of poetry

Most popular among collectors are the works of Konstantin Makovsky
(the eldest of the sons of the Makovsky dynasty of artists) are comparable only to the canvases of Aivazovsky, one of the most prolific Russian masters. Makovsky's worldwide fame was so great that it was his Americans who invited him to paint the first presidential portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. The lion's share of his works ended up in private collections ... Do you know why there are practically no works by Makovsky in Russian museums? Because Russian collectors simply could not afford them.
So Makovsky asked Tretyakov for his "Boyar wedding feast in the 17th century" no less than 20,000, and this was a normal price for his work. Tretyakov could not afford such prices, and the "Feast" went to the American jeweler Schumann for ... 60,000. At the same time, the jeweler was just happy, ordered another canvas and began to produce postcards with Makovsky's paintings in the USA.
In Soviet times, Makovsky was declared a "harmful" artist and was forgotten, his works were shoved into storerooms, and then given away to friendly foreign leaders. Thus, even the Indonesian President Sukarno inherited several paintings from the bounty, and today they are the pride of the local state art gallery.